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Everything great and intelligent is in the minority
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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Hatred is a heavy burden. It sinks the heart deep in the breast, and lies like a tombstone on all joys.
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The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
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Rejoice that you have still have a long time to live, before the thought comes to you that there is nothing more in the world to see.
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The march of intellect, which licks all the world into shape, has even reached the devil.
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It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it.
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One must be something, in order to do something.
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It is a great error to take oneself for more than one is, or for less than one is worth.
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The eternal female draws us onward.
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Nothing will change the fact that I cannot produce the least thing without absolute solitude.
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Help me to discover Thy truth, O Lord, and preserve me from those who have already found it
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What in us the women leave uncultivated, children cultivate when we retain them near us.
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