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A rainbow which lasts for a quarter of an hour is looked at no longer.

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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Frankfurt/Main
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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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Were the eye not of the sun, How could we behold the light? If God's might and ours were not as one, How could His work enchant our sight?
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Whatever necessity lays upon thee, endure whatever she commands, do.
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The Woman-Soul leadeth us upward and on!
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Secrecy has many advantages, for when you tell someone the purpose of any object right away, they often think there is nothing to it.
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If a man or woman is born ten years sooner or later, their whole aspect and performance shall be different.
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It is said, that no one is a hero to their butler. The reason is, that it requires a hero to recognize a hero. The butler, however, will probably know well how to estimate his equals.
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All one needs to do is declare oneself free and one will immediately feel dependent. If you dare to declare yourself dependent, you feel independent.
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One should not search for anything behind the phenomena. They themselves are the message.
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Painting and tattooing the body is a return to animalism.
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Happy the man who early learns the wide chasm that lies between his wishes and his powers.
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The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.
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The bed of flowers Loosens amain, The beauteous snowdrops Droop o'er the plain. The crocus opens Its glowing bud, Like emeralds others, Others, like blood. With saucy gesture Primroses flare, And roguish violets, Hidden with care And whatsoever There stirs and strives, The Spring's contented, If works and thrives.
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How fair doth Nature Appear again! How bright the sunbeams! How smiles the plain! The flow'rs are bursting From ev'ry bough, And thousand voices Each bush yields now. And joy and gladness Fill ev'ry breast! Oh earth!-oh sunlight! Oh rapture blest! Oh love! oh loved one!
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The present is a powerful deity. [Ger., Die Gegenwart ist eine machtige Gottin.]
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Our virtues and view spring from one root.
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The Christian religion, though scattered and abroad will in the end gather itself together at the foot of the cross.
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The best benefit we derive from history is the enthusiasm it excites.
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It has been said that figures rule the world. Maybe. But I am sure that figures show us whether it is being ruled well or badly.
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People are so constituted that everybody would rather undertake what they see others do, whether they have an aptitude for it or not.
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