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To understand one thing well is better than understanding many things by halves.
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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All perishable is but an allegory.
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Nothing can be compared to the new life that the discovery of another country provides for a thoughtful person. Although I am still the same I believe to have changed to the bones.
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I hate every violent overthrow, because as much is destroyed as is gained by it.
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Look closely at those who patronize you. Half are unfeeling, half untaught.
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One mind is enough for a thousand hands.
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Habit is the most imperious of all masters.
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Whoever gives himself up to solitude, Ah! he is soon alone.
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The close and thoughtful observer more and more learns to recognize his limitations. He realizes that with the steady growth of knowledge more and more new problems keep on emerging.
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