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The history of science is science itself the history of the individual, the individual.

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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We blame equally him who is too proud to put a proper value on his own merit and him who prizes too highly his spurious worth.
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It is in vain that a man of sound mind and cool temper understands the condition of such a wretched being... He can no more communicate his own wisdom to him than a healthy man can instil his strength into the invalid by whose bedside he is seated.
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The rabble also vent their rage in words. [Ger., Es macht das Volk sich auch mit Worten Lust.]
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I hate all explanations they who make them deceive either themselves or the other party,-generally both.
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Lose this day loitering 'Twill be the same old story, Tomorrow and the next, Even more dilatory. Whatever you would do, Or dream of doing, begin it! Boldness has power, genius, and magic in it. Begin it now.
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I am fully convinced that the soul is indestructible, and its activity will continue through eternity.
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Die Zeit ist selbst ein Element. Time is itself an element.
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Women are silver dishes into which we put golden apples.
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When toward the Devil's Hose we tread, Woman's a thousand steps behind. [Ger., Denn geht es zu des Bosen Haus Das Weib hat tausend Schritt voraus.]
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A word spoken is a terrible thing when it suddenly utters what the heart has long allowed.
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The trouble is small, the fun is great. [Ger., Die Muh'ist klein, der Spass ist gross.]
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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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