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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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Die Zeit ist selbst ein Element. Time is itself an element.
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Man's highest merit always is, as much as possible, to rule external circumstances and as little as possible to let himself be ruled by them.
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When the healthy nature of man acts as a whole, when he feels himself to be in the world as in a great, beautiful, noble, and valued whole, when harmonious ease affords him a pure and free delight, then the universe, if it could experience itself, would exult, as having attained its goal, and admire the climax of its own becoming and essence.
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It is the color closest to light. In its utmost purity it always implies the nature of brightness and has a cheerful, serene, gently stimulating character. Hence, experience teaches us that yellow makes a thoroughly warm and comforting impression.
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Hatred is active displeasure, envy passive. We need not wonder that envy turns to soon to hatred.
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I wait for the morning of my tears
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A noble soul alone can noble souls attract And knows alone, as ye, to hold them.
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Just trust yourself and you'll learn the art of living.
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For the nature of a women is closely allied to art. [Ger., Denn das Naturell der Frauen Ist so nah mit Kunst verwandt.]
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We are not all equal, nor can we be so.
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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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A man is really alive only when he delights in the good-will of others.
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Thou tremblest before anticipated ills, and still bemoanest what thou never losest.
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A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
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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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How circumscribed is woman's destiny!
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Sameness leaves us in peace but it is contradiction that makes us productive.
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It is better to be doing the most insignificant thing than to reckon even a half-hour insignificant.
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The flowers are full of honey, but only the bee finds out the sweetness.
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