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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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Wind is the loving Wooer of waters Wind blends together Billows all-foaming. Spirit of man, Thou art like unto water! Fortune of man, Thou art like unto wind!
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I believe in God and in nature and in the triumph of good over evil.
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If I love you, what business is it of yours?
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He only fears men who does not know them, and he who avoids them will soon misjudge them.
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He who possesses art and science has religion he who does not possess them, needs religion.
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