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What is not fully understood is not possessed.
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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Nature understands no jesting. She is always true, always serious, always severe. She is always right, and the errors are always those of man.
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Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks.
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A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.
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I am very anxious to please the public, particularly as it lives and lets live.
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