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A man's shortcomings are taken from his epoch his virtues and greatness belong to himself.
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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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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Only the heart without a stain knows perfect ease. [Ger., Ganz unbefleckt geniesst sich nur das Herz.]
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You shall abstain, shall abstain. That is the eternal song.
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What is fruitful alone is true.
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There are men who never err, because they never propose anything rational.
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This is the true measure of love, When we believe that we alone can love, That no one could ever have loved so before us, And that no one will ever love in the same way after us.
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