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He who is plenteously provided for from within needs but little from without.
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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I am certain that I have been here as I am now a thousand times before, and I hope to return a thousand times.
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All theory, my friend, is grey, But green is life's glad golden tree.
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What is the destiny of man, but to fill up the measure of his sufferings, and to drink his allotted cup of bitterness?
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The world only goes forward because of those who oppose it.
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By nature we have no defect that could not become a strength, no strength that could not become a defect.
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Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
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It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it.
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What do people mean when they talk about unhappiness? It is not so much unhappiness as impatience that from time to time possesses men, and then they choose to call themselves miserable.
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There is no trifling with nature it is always true, grave, and severe it is always in the light, and the faults and errors fall to our share. It defies incompetency, but reveals its secrets to the competent, the truthful, and the pure.
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It would not be worth your while to reach the age of seventy if all the wisdom of the world were to be foolishness before God.
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In politics as on a sickbed men toss from side to side in hope of lying more comfortably.
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Truth is a torch, but a terrific one therefore we all try to reach it with closed eyes, lest we should be scorched.
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Thou must (in commanding and winning, or serving and losing, suffering or triumphing) be either anvil or hammer.
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The mind is found most acute and most uneasy in the morning. Uneasiness is, indeed, a species of sagacity - a passive sagacity. Fools are never uneasy.
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An angel! Nonsense! Everybody so describes his mistress and yet I find it impossible to tell you how perfect she is, or why she is so perfect: suffice it to say she has captivated all my senses.
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Secrecy has many advantages, for when you tell someone the purpose of any object right away, they often think there is nothing to it.
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Poor fool! in whose petty estimation all things are little.
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Old age is never honored among us, but only indulged, as childhood is and old men lose one of the most precious rights of man,--that of being judged by their peers.
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Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
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