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He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy.
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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It is bad governments, not bad people, who cause revolutions.
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There is no past we can bring back by longing for it. There is only an eternal now that builds and creates out of the past something new and better.
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Higher yet and higher out of clouds and night, nearer yet and nearer rising to the light - light, serene and holy where my soul may rest, purified and lowly, sanctified and blest.
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Why look for conspiracy when stupidity can explain so much
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Ye great teachers: listen to what you say!
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Nothing should be valued higher than the value of the day.
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Normally, the sciences distance themselves from life and the return to it via a detour.
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Sin writes histories, goodness is silent. [Ger., Das Uebel macht eine Geschichte und das Gute keine.]
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The person of analytic or critical intellect finds something ridiculous in everything. The person of synthetic or constructive intellect, in almost nothing.
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I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be.
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Certain books seem to be written, not that we might learn from them, but in order that we might see how much the author knows.
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It is sometimes essential for a husband and a wife to quarrel - they get to know each other better.
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We are accustomed to see men deride what they do not understand, and snarl at the good and beautiful because it lies beyond their sympathies
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All professional men are handicapped by not being allowed to ignore things which are useless.
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We are shaped and fashioned by what we love
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