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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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Great endowments often announce themselves in youth in the form of singularity and awkwardness.
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We are not all equal, nor can we be so.
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Very few people love others for what they are rather, they love what they lend them, their own selves, their own idea of them.
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The miller believes that all the wheat grows so that his mill keeps running.
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The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace.
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The happiest man is the one who finds happiness at home.
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Whenever I hear people talking about liberal ideas, I am always astounded that men should love to fool themselves with empty sounds. An idea should never be liberal it must be vigorous, positive, and without loose ends so that it may fulfill its divine mission and be productive.
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If the whole world I once could see On free soil stand, with the people free Then to the moment might I say, Linger awhile. . .so fair thou art.
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Whatever is the object of a saint's hope is the subject of his prayer.
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To a valet no man is a hero.
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What sort of faults may we retain, nay, even cherish in ourselves? Those faults which are rather pleasant than offensive to others.
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Hope enough to remove all anxious fears concerning the future.
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As long as you don't practice it, this dying and becoming, You are only a dreary guest on this dark earth.
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Hypotheses are the scaffolds which are erected in front of a building and removedd when the building is completed. They are indispensable to the worker but the worker must not mistake the scaffolding for the building.
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Many hammer all over the wall and believe that with each blow they hit the nail on the head.
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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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He who possesses art and science has religion he who does not possess them, needs religion.
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Thus one can observe that those who proclaim piety as their goal and purpose usually turn into hypocrites.
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