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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Age: 82 †
Born: 1749
Born: August 22
Died: 1832
Died: March 22
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Man, be he who he may, experiences a last piece of good fortune and a last day. [Ger., Der Mensch erfahrt, er sei auch wer er mag, Ein letztes Gluck und einen letzten Tag.]
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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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Without haste! without rest! Bind the motto to thy breast! Bear it with thee as a spell Storm or sunshine , guard it well.
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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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Every beginning is cheerful.
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A great revolution is never the fault of the people, but of the government.
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Writing history is a method of getting rid of the past.
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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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New inventions can and will be made however, nothing new can be thought of that concerns moral man. Everything has already been thought and said which at best we can express in different forms and give new expressions to.
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Is not the core of nature in the heart of man?
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Painting and tattooing the body is a return to animalism.
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Viewed from the summit of reason, all life looks like a malignant disease and the world like a madhouse.
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Everyone holds his fortune in his own hands, like a sculptor the raw material he will fashion into a figure. But it's the same with that type of artistic activity as with all others: We are merely born with the capability to do it. The Skill to mold the material into what we want must be learned and attentively cultivated.
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All beginnings are delightful the threshold is the place to pause.
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Give shape, artist! don't talk! Your poem be but a breath.
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Beautiful is greater than Good, for it includes the Good.
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Say what we may of the inadequacy of translation, yet the work is and will always be one of the weightiest and worthiest undertakings in the general concerns of the world.
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Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
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You are certainly wrong to compare suicide ... with great accomplishments, since it cannot be considered as anything but a weakness. After all, it is easier to die than to endure a harrowing life with fortitude.
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