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I am what I am, so take me as I am!.

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Age: 82 †
Born: 1749
Born: August 22
Died: 1832
Died: March 22
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Frankfurt/Main
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The little man is still a man.
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Flowers are the beautiful hieroglyphics of nature with which she indicates how much she loves us.
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The angles even Draw strength from gazing on its glance, Though none its meaning fathom may The world's unwither'd countenance Is bright as at creation's day.
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All that is transitory is but a metaphor.
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Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.
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It has been said that figures rule the world. Maybe. But I am sure that figures show us whether it is being ruled well or badly.
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One of the most striking signs of the decay of art is the intermixing of different genres.
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The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.
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Literature is a fragment of a fragment. Of all that ever happened, or has been said, but a fraction has been written and of this but little is extant.
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From desire I plunge to its fulfilment, where I long once more for desire.
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I let everyone follow his own bent, that I may be free to follow mine.
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The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.
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Once you have missed the first buttonhole, you'll never manage to button up.
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Here too it’s masquerade, I find: As everywhere, the dance of mind. I grasped a lovely masked procession, And caught things from a horror show… I’d gladly settle for a false impression, If it would last a little longer, though.
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Are we not also married to conscience which we would love to get rid of often enough since it is more bothersome than a man or a woman ever could become?
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There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.
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Choose well. Your choice is brief, and yet endless.
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Rejoice that you have still have a long time to live, before the thought comes to you that there is nothing more in the world to see.
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