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On the pinnacle of success man does not stand firm long.
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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And future deeds crowded round us as the countless stars in the night. [Ger., Und kunftige Thaten drangen wie die Sterne Rings um uns her unzahlig aus der Nacht.]
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The person who in shaky times also wavers only increases the evil, but the person of firm decision fashions the universe.
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Oh God, how do the world and heavens confine themselves, when our hearts tremble in their own barriers!
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I always seek the good that is in people and leave the bad to Him who made mankind and knows how to round off the corners.
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Truth has to be repeated constantly, because Error also is being preached all the time, and not just by a few, but by the multitude. In the Press and Encyclopaedias, in Schools and Universities, everywhere Error holds sway, feeling happy and comfortable in the knowledge of having Majority on its side.
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The present is a powerful deity. [Ger., Die Gegenwart ist eine machtige Gottin.]
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