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It is not enough to have knowledge one must apply it. It is not enough to have wishes one must also accomplish it.

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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Frankfurt/Main
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Life is the childhood of our immortality.
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A genuine work of art usually displeases at first sight, as it suggests a deficiency in the spectator.
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When toward the Devil's Hose we tread, Woman's a thousand steps behind. [Ger., Denn geht es zu des Bosen Haus Das Weib hat tausend Schritt voraus.]
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My days are as happy as those reserved by God for his elect and whatever be my fate hereafter, I can never say that I have not tasted joy— the purest joy of life.
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For to give is the business of the rich. [Lat., Denn Geben ist Sache des Reichen.]
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I don't know a greater advantage, than to appreciate the worth of an enemy.
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I wish the stage were as narrow as the wire of a tighrope dancer so that no incompetent would dare step upon it.
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How can one learn to know oneself? Never by introspection, rather by action.
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