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Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.
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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One man's word is no man's word we should quietly hear both sides.
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What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.
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Thus I reel from desire to fulfillment and in fulfillment languish for desire.
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Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.
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It is the fortunate who should extol fortune. [Ger., Das Gluck erhebe billig der Begluckte.]
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First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.
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When two men quarrel, who owns the cooler head is the more to blame.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A noble soul alone can noble souls attract And knows alone, as ye, to hold them.
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The Woman-Soul leadeth us upward and on!
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Tolerance should really be only a temporary attitude it must lead to recognition. To tolerate means to offend.
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Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity. The soul must see through these eyes alone, and if they are dim, the whole world is clouded.
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I am fully convinced that the soul is indestructible, and its activity will continue through eternity.
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Beware of wishing for anything in youth, because you will get it in middle age.
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Great possessions and great want of them are both strong temptations.
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Try novelties for salesman's bait, For novelty wins everyone.
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Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.
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Everyone holds his fortune in his own hands, like a sculptor the raw material he will fashion into a figure. But it's the same with that type of artistic activity as with all others: We are merely born with the capability to do it. The Skill to mold the material into what we want must be learned and attentively cultivated.
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I've often heard it said a preacher might learn with a comedian for a teacher.
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Time is a strange thing. It is a whimsical tyrant, which in every century has a different face for all that one says and does.
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What dazzles, for the moment spends its spirit Whats genuine, shall posterity inherit.
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