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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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Give shape, artist! don't talk! Your poem be but a breath.
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No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.
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Of all peoples the Greeks have dreamt the dream of life best.
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Everywhere, we learn only from those whom we love.
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Everything that we encounter leaves traces behind. Everything contributes imperceptibly to our education
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Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will.
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Were the eye not of the sun, How could we behold the light? If God's might and ours were not as one, How could His work enchant our sight?
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