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With the growth of knowledge our ideas must from time to time be organized afresh. The change takes place usually in accordance with new maxims as they arise, but it always remains provisional.
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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Many hammer all over the wall and believe that with each blow they hit the nail on the head.
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Not art and science only, but patience will be required for the work.
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Thank God when he oppresses you, and again when he releases you.
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All theory, my friend, is grey, But green is life's glad golden tree.
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