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I am certain that I have been here as I am now a thousand times before, and I hope to return a thousand times.

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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Frankfurt/Main
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I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be.
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There is repetition everywhere, and nothing is found only once in the world.
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Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him.
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Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.
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From desire I plunge to its fulfilment, where I long once more for desire.
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The most foolish of all errors is for clever young men to believe that they forfeit their originality in recognizing a truth which has already been recognized by others.
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The bed of flowers Loosens amain, The beauteous snowdrops Droop o'er the plain. The crocus opens Its glowing bud, Like emeralds others, Others, like blood. With saucy gesture Primroses flare, And roguish violets, Hidden with care And whatsoever There stirs and strives, The Spring's contented, If works and thrives.
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The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.
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If each one does their duty as an individual and if each one works in their own proper vocation, it will be right with the whole.
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One mind is enough for a thousand hands.
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When translating one must proceed up to the intranslatable only then one becomes aware of the foreign nation and the foreign tongue.
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The hero draws inspiration from the virtue of his ancestors.
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True art can only spring from the intimate linking of the serious and the playful.
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Whenever I hear people talking about liberal ideas, I am always astounded that men should love to fool themselves with empty sounds. An idea should never be liberal it must be vigorous, positive, and without loose ends so that it may fulfill its divine mission and be productive.
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