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Thank God when he oppresses you, and again when he releases you.

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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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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How circumscribed is woman's destiny!
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A king there was once reigning, Who had a goodly flea, Him loved he without feigning, As his own son were he!
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But what is your duty? What the day demands. [Ger., Was aber ist deine Pflicht? Die Forderung des Tages.]
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Is it life, I ask, is it even prudence, To bore thyself and bore the students?
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Wisdom is found only in truth.
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