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The present moment is a powerful goddess.
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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The march of intellect, which licks all the world into shape, has even reached the devil.
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The whole history of the Christian Church is a mixture of errors and violence.
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Nothing is more damaging to the truth than an old error.
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There are situations in which hope and fear run together, in which they mutually destroy one another and lose themselves in dull indifference.
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My peace is gone, my heart is heavy. [Ger., Meine Ruh ist hin, Mein Herz ist schwer.]
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It is better for you to suffer an injustice than for the world to be without law. Therefore, let everyone submit to the law.
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The eternal female draws us onward.
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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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One of the most striking signs of the decay of art is the intermixing of different genres.
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He is the happiest man who can see the connection between the end and the beginning of life.
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Human life-everybody lives it, but only to a few is it known.
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There are people who make no mistakes because they never wish to do anything worth doing.
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One always has time enough, if one will apply it well.
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Certain books seem to be written, not that we might learn from them, but in order that we might see how much the author knows.
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Beauty and Genius must be kept afar if one would avoid becoming their slave.
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