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Yes, I have finally arrived to this Capital of the World! I now see all the dreams of my youth coming to life... Only in Rome is it possible to understand Rome.

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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What I possess I would gladly retain. Change amuses the mind, yet scarcely profits.
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What is fruitful alone is true.
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The world is so full of simpletons and madmen, that one need not seek them in a madhouse.
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It is belief in the Bible, the fruits of deep meditation, which has served me as the guide of my moral and literary life. I have found capital safely invested and richly productive of interest, although I have sometimes made but a bad use of it.
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Everything in the world may be endured, except only a succession of prosperous days. [Ger., Alles in der Welt lasst sich ertragen, Nur nicht eine Reihe von schonen Tagen.]
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For to give is the business of the rich. [Lat., Denn Geben ist Sache des Reichen.]
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I wish the crowd to feel itself well treated, Especially since it lives and lets me live.
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