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Upon the creatures we have made, we are, ourselves, at last, dependent.
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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Only law can give us freedom.
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The angles even Draw strength from gazing on its glance, Though none its meaning fathom may The world's unwither'd countenance Is bright as at creation's day.
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A judge who cannot punish, in the end associates themselves with the criminal.
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And future deeds crowded round us as the countless stars in the night. [Ger., Und kunftige Thaten drangen wie die Sterne Rings um uns her unzahlig aus der Nacht.]
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Literature is a fragment of a fragment. Of all that ever happened, or has been said, but a fraction has been written and of this but little is extant.
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The hero draws inspiration from the virtue of his ancestors.
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Blood is a juice of rarest quality. [Ger., Blut ist ein ganz beondrer Saft.]
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Beware of wishing for anything in youth, because you will get it in middle age.
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The style of writing required in the great world is distinguished by a free and daring grace, a careless security, a fine and sharp polish, a delicate and perfect taste while that fitted for the people is characterized by a vigorous natural fulness, a profound depth of feeling, and an engaging naivete.
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Why go further and further, Look, happiness is right here. Learn how to grab hold of luck, For luck is always there.
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I am certain that I have been here as I am now a thousand times before, and I hope to return a thousand times.
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The beginning of faith is the beginning of fruitfulness but the beginning of unbelief, however glittering, is empty.
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Knowing is not enough we must apply. Willing is not enough we must do.
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Fools and wise men are equally harmless. It is the half-fools and half-wise that are dangerous.
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Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.
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Nature! We are enveloped and embraced by her, incapable of emerging from her and incapable of entering her more deeply. Unbidden and unwarned, she receives us into the circuits of her dance, drifting onward with us herself, until we grow tired and drop from her arms.
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One always has time enough, if one will apply it well.
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