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To measure up to all that is demanded of him, a man must overestimate his capacities
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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Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him.
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Unrest and uncertainty are our lot.
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It is in the half fools and the half wise that the greatest danger lies.
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Whatever you cannot understand, you cannot possess.
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What a day it is when we must envy the men in their graves.
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