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There is nothing more frightful than for a teacher to know only what his scholars are intended to know.
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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The flowers of life are but visionary. How many pass away and leave no trace behind! How few yield any fruit,--and the fruit itself, how rarely does it ripen! And yet there are flowers enough and is it not strange, my friend, that we should suffer the little that does really ripen to rot, decay, and perish unenjoyed?
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We cannot and must not get rid of nor deny our characteristics. But we can give them shape and direction.
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The heights charm us, but the steps do not with the mountain in our view we love to walk the plains.
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Stones are mute teachers they silence the observer, and the most valuable lesson we learn from them we cannot communicate.
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It is the color closest to light. In its utmost purity it always implies the nature of brightness and has a cheerful, serene, gently stimulating character. Hence, experience teaches us that yellow makes a thoroughly warm and comforting impression.
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Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him.
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Nothing is good for a nation but that which arises from its own core and its own general wants, without apish imitation of another.
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The beautiful is a phenomenon which is never apparent of itself, but is reflected in a thousand different works of the creator.
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There is no trifling with nature it is always true, grave, and severe it is always in the light, and the faults and errors fall to our share. It defies incompetency, but reveals its secrets to the competent, the truthful, and the pure.
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As a man is, so is his God therefore God was so often an object of mockery. [Ger., Wie einer ist, so ist sein Gott, Darum ward Gott so oft zu Spott.]
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He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.
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He who wishes to exert a useful influence must be careful to insult nothing. Let him not be troubled by what seems absurd, but concentrate his energies to the creation of what is good. He must not demolish, but build. He must raise temples where mankind may come and partake of the purest pleasure.
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Love can do much, but duty more.
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A judge who cannot punish, in the end associates themselves with the criminal.
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Love grants in a moment What toil can hardly achieve in an age. [Ger., In einem Augenblick gewahrt die Liebe Was Muhe kaum in langer Zeit erreicht.]
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Who enslaves another's manhood with weak human power alone, Lays a heavier yoke of bondage thoughtlessly upon his own.
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If you want to make life easy, make it hard.
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