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Everywhere, we learn only from those whom we love.
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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Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting.
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The flowers of life are but visionary. How many pass away and leave no trace behind! How few yield any fruit,--and the fruit itself, how rarely does it ripen! And yet there are flowers enough and is it not strange, my friend, that we should suffer the little that does really ripen to rot, decay, and perish unenjoyed?
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Generosity wins favour for everyone, especially when it is accompanied by modesty.
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Stones are mute teachers they silence the observer, and the most valuable lesson we learn from them we cannot communicate.
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Our wishes are presentiments of the abilities that lie in us, harbingers of what we will be able to accomplish.
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