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Treat people as if they were what they should be, and you help them become what they are capable of becoming.

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German poet and novelist and dramatist who lived in Weimar (1749-1832)

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  • Анатолий Ананьевич Дворниченко
    Анатолий Ананьевич Дворниченко
    I think that a better translation for this quote in Russian is as follows: "Относитесь к людям так, как будто они такие, какими они должны быть, и вы поможете им стать теми, какими они способны стать." 
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