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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Age: 82 †
Born: 1749
Born: August 22
Died: 1832
Died: March 22
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They teach in academies far too many things, and far too much that is useless.
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Great necessity elevates man, petty necessity casts him down
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Man's highest merit always is, as much as possible, to rule external circumstances and as little as possible to let himself be ruled by them.
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A man is really alive only when he delights in the good-will of others.
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Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.
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Life is but a preparation for what there is to come.
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What right those who govern have to govern they don't question, they just govern. Whether the people have a right to depose them that doesn't concern them. All they are concerned with is that the people will not be tempted to depose them.
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Still this planet's soil for noble deeds grants scope abounding.
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We are accustomed to see men deride what they do not understand, and snarl at the good and beautiful because it lies beyond their sympathies
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Since Time is not a person we can overtake when he is gone, let us honor him with mirth and cheerfulness of heart while he is passing.
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Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with our feet when it stops.
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What is the true test of character unless it be its progressive development in the bustle and turmoil, in the action and reaction of daily life.
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A phenomenon like Mozart remains an inexplicable thing.
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Unrest and uncertainty are our lot.
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From desire I plunge to its fulfilment, where I long once more for desire.
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Over all the mountain tops is peace. In all treetops you perceive scarcely a breath. The little birds in the forest are silent. Wait then soon, you too, will have peace.
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True works of art are a manifestation of the higher laws of nature.
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Legislators and revolutionaries who promise both equality and liberty are visionaries and charlatans.
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Yet he who grasps the moment's gift, He is the proper man.
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There is nothing new on earth / For a person who lives long and experiences much. / In my years of youthful wandering / I have seen crystallized people.
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