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Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.
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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Architecture is frozen music. [Ger., Die Backunst ist eine erstarrte Musik.]
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Many hammer all over the wall and believe that with each blow they hit the nail on the head.
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I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wants.
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