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Of all peoples the Greeks have dreamt the dream of life best.

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Age: 82 †
Born: 1749
Born: August 22
Died: 1832
Died: March 22
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There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
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It is better to do the smallest thing in the world than to hold half an hour to be too small a thing.
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I am part of the part that once was everything, Part of the darkness which gave birth to light… Mephistopheles, from Faust.
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One alone does not help, but rather he who unites with many at the right moment.
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Of the book of books most wondrous is the tender book of love.
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