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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Age: 82 †
Born: 1749
Born: August 22
Died: 1832
Died: March 22
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Time itself is an element.
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He who does not stretch himself according to the coverlet finds his feet uncovered.
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The beginning of faith is the beginning of fruitfulness but the beginning of unbelief, however glittering, is empty.
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To create something you must be something.
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The soul of the Christian religion is reverence.
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Fret not over the irretrievable, but ever act as if thy life were just begun.
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The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.
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I will listen to anyone's convictions, but pray keep your doubts to yourself.
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Thank God when he oppresses you, and again when he releases you.
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To the world you might be one person, but to one person, you might be the world. Kindness is the golden chain by which our world is bound together.
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The greatest piece of folly is that every man thinks himself compelled to hand down what people think they have known.
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When an idea is wanting, a word can always be found to take its place.
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Why look for conspiracy when stupidity can explain so much
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Life teaches us to be less harsh with ourselves and with others.
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The most fortunate of men, Be he a king or commoner, is he Whose welfare is assured in his own home.
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The decline in literature indicates a decline in the nation. The two keep pace in their downward tendency.
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To a valet no man is a hero. [Ger., Es gibt fur den Kammerdiener keiner Helden.]
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The artist has a twofold relation to nature he is at once her master and her slave.
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English plays, Atrocious in content, Absurd in form, Objectionable in action, Execrable EnglishTheatre.
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Paternity is based anyhow only upon conviction: I am convinced, therefore, I am the father.
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