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At the moment of commitment the entire universe conspires to assist you.

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Age: 82 †
Born: 1749
Born: August 22
Died: 1832
Died: March 22
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Talent is nurtured in solitude character is formed in the stormy billows of the world. [Ger., Es bildet ein talent sich in der Stille, Sich ein Charakter in dem Strom der Welt.]
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The world is full of contradiction.
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Knowing is not enough we must apply. Willing is not enough we must do.
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God help us -- for art is long, and life so short.
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Man... knows only when he is satisfied and when he suffers, and only his sufferings and his satisfactions instruct him concerning himself, teach him what to seek and what to avoid. For the rest, man is a confused creature he knows not whence he comes or whither he goes, he knows little of the world, and above all, he knows little of himself.
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Excellence is rarely found, more rarely valued.
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First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.
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This being busied with thoughts of immortality is for the noble classes and especially for women with nothing to do. A solid person, though, someone who already intends to be something worthy here, and who therefore has to strive daily, has to struggle and work, gives the world to come a rest.
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What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.
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What men usually say of misfortunes, that they never come alone, may with equal truth be said of good fortune nay, of other circumstances which gather round us in a harmonious way, whether it arise from a kind of fatality, or that man has the power of attracting to himself things that are mutually related.
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It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them.
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Alas, that we should be so unwilling to listen to the still and holy yearnings of the heart! A god whispers quite softly in our breast, softly yet audibly telling us what we ought to seek and what to shun.
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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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Error is to truth as sleep is to waking. I have observed that one turns, as if refreshed, from error back to truth.
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One man's word is no man's word we should quietly hear both sides.
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A great scholar is seldom a great philosopher.
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The whole art of living consists in giving up existence in order to exist.
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You acquire a language most readily in the country where it is spoken you study mineralogy best among miners and so with everything else.
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He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
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How shall we plan, that all be fresh and new-- Important matter yet attractive too? [Ger., Wie machen wir's, dass alles frisch und neu Und mit Bedeutung auch gefallig sei?]
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