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The hero draws inspiration from the virtue of his ancestors.
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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It is sometimes essential for a husband and a wife to quarrel - they get to know each other better.
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What is not fully understood is not possessed.
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He who does not see the whole world in his friends, does not deserve that the world should hear of him.
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Forget not that the man who cannot enjoy his own natural gifts in silence, and find his reward in the exercise of them, will generally find himself badly off.
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Reason looks at necessity as the basis of the world reason is able to turn chance in your favor and use it. Only by having reasonremain strong and unshakable can we be called a god of the earth.
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It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it.
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Yes, I have finally arrived to this Capital of the World! I now see all the dreams of my youth coming to life... Only in Rome is it possible to understand Rome.
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Behavior is a mirror in which every one shows his image. [Ger., Das Betragen ist ein Spiegel in welchem jeder sein Bild zeigt.]
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Accepting good advice means nothing other than to strengthen one's own ability.
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Fools and wise men are equally harmless. It is the half-fools and half-wise that are dangerous.
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Nothing is true, but that which is simple.
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Science has been seriously retarded by the study of what is not worth knowing and of what is not knowable.
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All our knowledge is symbolic.
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The older we get the more we must limit ourselves if we wish to be active.
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Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues.
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Ah! my poor brain is racked and crazed, My spirit and senses amazed!
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