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Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Age: 82 †
Born: 1749
Born: August 22
Died: 1832
Died: March 22
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How happy he who can still hope to lift himself from this sea of error! What we know not, that we are anxious to possess, and cannot use what we know.
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A joy shared is a joy doubled.
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Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.
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Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him.
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