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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.
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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In happy ignorance, I sighed for a world I did not know, where I hoped to find every pleasure and enjoyment which my heart could desire and now, on my return from that wide world... how many disappointed hopes and unsuccessful plans have I brought back!
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The artist has a twofold relation to nature he is at once her master and her slave.
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We don't get to know anything but what we love.
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Whoever gives himself up to solitude, Ah! he is soon alone.
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I am very anxious to please the public, particularly as it lives and lets live.
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