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He who cannot love must learn to flatter.
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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Is this the destiny of man? Is he only happy before he has acquired his reason or after he has lost it?
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It is only in misery that we recognize the hand of God leading good men to good.
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He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
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The people rate strength before everything.
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If you wish to advance into the infinite, explore the finite in all directions.
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Belief is not the beginning of knowledge - it is the end.
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Nature understands no jesting. She is always true, always serious, always severe. She is always right, and the errors are always those of man.
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