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He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy.

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Age: 82 †
Born: 1749
Born: August 22
Died: 1832
Died: March 22
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He who does not expect a million readers should not write a line.
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Against great advantages in another, there are no means of defending ourselves except love.
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Don't judge anyone harshly until you yourself have been through his experiences
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The world only goes forward because of those who oppose it.
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Napoleon affords us an example of the danger of elevating one's self to the absolute, and sacrificing everything to the carrying out of an idea.
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No sacred fane requires us to submit to insult.
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Sowing is not as difficult as reaping.
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Every bird has its decoy, and every man is led and misled in his own peculiar way.
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Are we not also married to conscience which we would love to get rid of often enough since it is more bothersome than a man or a woman ever could become?
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Culture which smooth the whole world licks, Also unto the devil sticks.
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We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves otherwise, we harden.
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Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him.
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My peace is gone, my heart is heavy. [Ger., Meine Ruh ist hin, Mein Herz ist schwer.]
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He who does not stretch himself according to the coverlet finds his feet uncovered.
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Belief is not the beginning of knowledge - it is the end.
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The greatest difficulties lie where we are not looking for them.
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True works of art are a manifestation of the higher laws of nature.
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