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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Age: 82 †
Born: 1749
Born: August 22
Died: 1832
Died: March 22
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Everything in the world may be endured, except only a succession of prosperous days. [Ger., Alles in der Welt lasst sich ertragen, Nur nicht eine Reihe von schonen Tagen.]
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Culture which smooth the whole world licks, Also unto the devil sticks.
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It matters little whether a man be mathematically or philologically or artistically cultivated, so he be but cultivated.
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Talents are nurtured best in solitude, But character on life's tempestuous seas!
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Treat a person as they are, they will remain so. Treat a person the way that person can be and is capable of being and that person will become as he or she can be and should be.
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At the end of life thoughts hitherto impossible come to the collected mind, like good spirits which let themselves down from the shining heights of the past.
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Wisdom is found only in truth.
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Literature is a fragment of a fragment. Of all that ever happened, or has been said, but a fraction has been written and of this but little is extant.
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Perseverance is a silent power that grows irresistibly greater with time.
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The eye doesn't see any shapes, it sees only what is differentiated through light and dark or through colors.
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We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.
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The hero draws inspiration from the virtue of his ancestors.
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Devote each day to the object then in time and every evening will find something done.
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The style of an author is a faithful copy of his mind.
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Begin by instructing yourself, then you will receive instruction from others.
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The senses do not deceive us, but the judgment does.
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Before you can do something, you must first be something.
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Higher aims are in themselves more valuable, even if unfulfilled, than lower ones quite attained.
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Still this planet's soil for noble deeds grants scope abounding.
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It is a mistake for a taciturn, serious-minded woman to marry a jovial man, but not for a serious-minded man to marry a lighthearted woman.
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