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Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.
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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I can promise to be upright, but not to be without bias. [Ger., Aufrichtig zu sein kann ich versprechen unparteiisch zu sein aber nicht.]
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All theory, my friend, is grey, But green is life's glad golden tree.
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Don't give us your doubts, gives us your certainties, for we have doubts enough of our own.
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As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
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The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.
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One must not criticize that which is common since it remains always the same.
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He who does not see the whole world in his friends, does not deserve that the world should hear of him.
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People may live as much retired from the world as they please but sooner or later, before they are aware, they will find themselves debtor or creditor to somebody.
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Accepting good advice means nothing other than to strengthen one's own ability.
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The shudder of awe is humanity's highest faculty, Even though this world is forever altering its values.
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