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It is one of Heaven's best gifts to hold such a dear creature in one's arms.
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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Your messages I hear, but faith has not been given The dearest child of Faith is Miracle.
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Truth must be repeated again and again, because error is constantly being preached round about.
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Let us not dream that reason can ever be popular. Passions, emotions, may be made popular but reason remains ever the property of an elect few.
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What is not fully understood is not possessed.
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What one has wished for in youth, in old age one has in abundance.
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Over all the mountain tops is peace. In all treetops you perceive scarcely a breath. The little birds in the forest are silent. Wait then soon, you too, will have peace.
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If we are out of synch with ourselves, everything is out of synch for us.
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Reason looks at necessity as the basis of the world reason is able to turn chance in your favor and use it. Only by having reasonremain strong and unshakable can we be called a god of the earth.
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Confronted by outstanding merit, there is no way of saving one's ego except by love
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Once you have missed the first buttonhole, you'll never manage to button up.
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When an idea is wanting, a word can always be found to take its place.
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Our wishes are presentiments of the abilities that lie in us, harbingers of what we will be able to accomplish.
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