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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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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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Nothing is good for a nation but that which arises from its own core and its own general wants, without apish imitation of another.
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It is belief in the Bible, the fruits of deep meditation, which has served me as the guide of my moral and literary life. I have found capital safely invested and richly productive of interest, although I have sometimes made but a bad use of it.
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Man knows himself only insofar as he knows the world, becoming aware of it if only within himself, and of himself self only within it. Each new subject, well observed, opens up within us a new organ of thought.
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I come more and more to the conclusion that one must take the side of the minority which is always the more intelligent one.
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Unlimited activity, of whatever kind, must end in bankruptcy.
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It is better for you to suffer an injustice than for the world to be without law. Therefore, let everyone submit to the law.
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For a brave man deserves a well-endowed girl.
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Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.
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Everything is simpler than one can imagine, and yet complicated and inter-twined beyond comprehension.
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While man's desires and aspirations stir he cannot choose but err.
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What a mighty spirit in a narrow bosom. [Ger., Welch' hoher Geist in einer engen Brust.]
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What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
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Begin by instructing yourself, then you will receive instruction from others.
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