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Beautiful is greater than Good, for it includes the Good.
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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A state of true and universal tolerance is best ensured by leaving alone the peculiarities of men and peoples.
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A man's shortcomings are taken from his epoch his virtues and greatness belong to himself.
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Poor fool! in whose petty estimation all things are little.
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We are surrounded by abysses, but the greatest of all depths is in our own heart, and an irresistible leaning leads us there. Draw thyself from thyself!
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Beware of wishing for anything in youth, because you will get it in middle age.
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Microscopes and telescopes really confuse our minds.
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So dear night the half of life is, And the fairest half indeed.
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