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One should not search for anything behind the phenomena. They themselves are the message.
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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On the pinnacle of success man does not stand firm long.
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As man is, so is his God. And thus is God oft strangely odd.
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Whenever I hear people talking about liberal ideas, I am always astounded that men should love to fool themselves with empty sounds. An idea should never be liberal it must be vigorous, positive, and without loose ends so that it may fulfill its divine mission and be productive.
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The eternal feminine draws us on high.
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The world is so full of simpletons and madmen, that one need not seek them in a madhouse.
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To act is easy, to think is hard to act according to our thought is troublesome.
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He who is firm and resolute in will molds the world to himself.
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Thou must (in commanding and winning, or serving and losing, suffering or triumphing) be either anvil or hammer.
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In politics as on a sickbed men toss from side to side in hope of lying more comfortably.
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Time itself is an element.
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