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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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What is the true test of character unless it be its progressive development in the bustle and turmoil, in the action and reaction of daily life.
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One needs only to get old to become milder I don't see anyone make a mistake I hadn't also made.
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A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.
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The close and thoughtful observer more and more learns to recognize his limitations. He realizes that with the steady growth of knowledge more and more new problems keep on emerging.
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Beauty can never really understand itself.
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As our inclinations, so our opinions.
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Wanted: A dog that neither barks nor bites, eats broken glass and shits diamonds.
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A mind, once formed, is never suited after, One yet in growth will ever grateful be. [Ger., Wer fertig ist, dem ist nichts recht zu machen, Ein Werdender wird immer dankbar sein.]
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The Evil One has left, the evil ones remain.
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The church alone beyond all question Has for ill-gotten goods the right digestion.
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Napoleon for the sake of a good name broke in pieces half the world.
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Human life runs its course in the metamorphosis between receiving and giving.
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Time is a strange thing. It is a whimsical tyrant, which in every century has a different face for all that one says and does.
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To quit smoking, you must first want to quit, but then you must also do the quitting
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Say what you will of fortitude, but show me the man who can patiently endure the laughter of fools when they have obtained an advantage over him. 'Tis only when their nonsense is without foundation that one can suffer it without complaint.
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For the nature of women is closely allied to art
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A great scholar is seldom a great philosopher.
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The history of mankind is his character.
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All understanding begins in wonder!
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I don't know a greater advantage, than to appreciate the worth of an enemy.
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