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Every spoken word arouses our self-will.
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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Upon the creatures we have made, we are, ourselves, at last, dependent.
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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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I let everyone follow his own bent, that I may be free to follow mine.
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Voluntary dependence is the wonderful form of existence, and how could that be possible without love?
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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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So, lively brisk old fellow, don't let age get you down. White hairs or not, you can still be a lover.
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If there is confusion in your head and in your heart, what more do you want! A man who no longer loves and no longer errs should have himself buried straight away.
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two souls, alas, are housed within my breast, and each will wrestle for the mastery there.
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The style of an author is a faithful copy of his mind.
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Lose this day loitering 'Twill be the same old story, Tomorrow and the next, Even more dilatory. Whatever you would do, Or dream of doing, begin it! Boldness has power, genius, and magic in it. Begin it now.
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