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The ideal of beauty is simplicity and tranquility.
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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Frankfurt/Main
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I believe in God and in nature and in the triumph of good over evil.
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The misfortune in the state is, that nobody can enjoy life in peace, but that everybody must govern and in art, that nobody will enjoy what has been produced, but that every one wants to reproduce on his own account.
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Like the star that shines afar, Without haste and without rest, Let each one wheel with steady sway Round the task that rules the day, And do their best.
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The best fortune that can fall to a man is that which corrects his defects and makes up for his failings.
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For what one has in black and white, One can carry home in comfort.
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One glance, one word from you gives more pleasure than all the wisdom of this world.
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Die Zeit ist selbst ein Element. Time is itself an element.
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All beginnings are delightful the threshold is the place to pause.
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Mastery is often taken for egotism.
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Who strives always to the utmost, him can we save.
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The world remains ever the same.
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