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He who does not know foreign languages does not know anything about his own.
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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A mind, once formed, is never suited after, One yet in growth will ever grateful be. [Ger., Wer fertig ist, dem ist nichts recht zu machen, Ein Werdender wird immer dankbar sein.]
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Money lost, something lost. Honor lost, much lost. Courage lost, everything lost-better you were never born
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The Bible grows more beautiful, as we grow in our understanding of it.
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As in Rome there is, apart from the Romans, a population of statues, so apart from this real world there is a world of illusion, almost more potent, in which most men live.
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A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.
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It is better to be doing the most insignificant thing than to reckon even a half-hour insignificant.
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Objects in pictures should so be arranged as by their very position to tell their own story.
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Man usually believes, if only words he hears, That also with them goes material for thinking. [Ger., Gewohnlich glaubt der Mensch, wenn er nur Worte hort, Es musse sich dabei doch auch was denken.]
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Art is constitutive-the artist determines beauty. He does not take it over.
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A state of true and universal tolerance is best ensured by leaving alone the peculiarities of men and peoples.
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The few of understanding, vision rare, Who veiled not from the herd their hearts, but tried, Poor generous fools, to lay their feelings bare, Them have men always burnt and crucified.
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There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.
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As soon as any one belongs to a narrow creed in science, every unprejudiced and true perception is gone.
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Is not the core of nature in the heart of man?
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The aim of living is life itself.
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The solution of every problem is another problem
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Experience is only half of experience.
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It is not enough to have knowledge one must apply it. It is not enough to have wishes one must also accomplish it.
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