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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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Some books seem to have been written, not to teach us anything, but to let us know that the author has known something.
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A flippant, frivolous man may ridicule others, may controvert them, scorn them but he who has any respect for himself seems to have renounced the right of thinking meanly of others.
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A joy shared is a joy doubled.
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You are certainly wrong to compare suicide ... with great accomplishments, since it cannot be considered as anything but a weakness. After all, it is easier to die than to endure a harrowing life with fortitude.
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We usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
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Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity. The soul must see through these eyes alone, and if they are dim, the whole world is clouded.
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The human mind will not be confined to any limits.
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What is predestination? Answer: God is more powerful and wiser than we are, therefore he deals with us according to his pleasure.
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It is in the half fools and the half wise that the greatest danger lies.
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Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.
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Method will teach you to win time.
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The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.
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The arts are the salt of the earth as salt relates to food, the arts relate to technology.
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Stupidity is without anxiety.
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Viewed from the summit of reason, all life looks like a malignant disease and the world like a madhouse.
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