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The clever reader who is capable or reading between these lines what does not stand written in them but is nevertheless implied will be able to form some conception.
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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Begin by instructing yourself, then you will receive instruction from others.
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Gray are all the theories, But green is the tree of life.
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Who is the happiest man? He who is alive to the merit of others, and can rejoice in their enjoyment as if it were his own.
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It is the fortunate who should extol fortune. [Ger., Das Gluck erhebe billig der Begluckte.]
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That which thy fathers have bequeathed to thee, earn it anew if thou wouldst possess it.
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