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If you've never eaten while crying you don t know what life tastes like.
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 would not be worth your while to reach the age of seventy if all the wisdom of the world were to be foolishness before God.
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Science arose from poetry... when times change the two can meet again on a higher level as friends.
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We lay aside letters never to read them again, and at last we destroy them out discretion, and so disappears the most immediate breath of life, irrecoverably for ourselves and for others.
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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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One cannot always be a hero, but one can always be a man.
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A reasonable man needs only to practice moderation to find happiness.
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Who enslaves another's manhood with weak human power alone, Lays a heavier yoke of bondage thoughtlessly upon his own.
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The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
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Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.
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Doesn't surprise me that Christ our Lord preferred to live with whores and sinners, seeing I go in for that myself.
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It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it.
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What you desire when young, you have in abundance when old.
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