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When we treat man as he is, we make him worse than he is when we treat him as if he already were what he potentially could be, we make him what he should be.
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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Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.
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God help us -- for art is long, and life so short.
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It is one of Heaven's best gifts to hold such a dear creature in one's arms.
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He who has a task to perform must know how to take sides, or he is quite unworthy of it.
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Errors belong to libraries truth, to the human mind.
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There are men who never err, because they never propose anything rational.
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