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Yet he who grasps the moment's gift, He is the proper man.
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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Don't give us your doubts, gives us your certainties, for we have doubts enough of our own.
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As all Nature's thousands changes But one changeless God proclaim So in Art's wide kingdom ranges One sole meaning still the same: This is Truth, eternal Reason, Which from Beauty takes its dress, And serene through time and season Stands aye in loveliness.
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Nothing should be valued higher than the value of the day.
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A vi'let on the meadow grew, That no one saw, that no one knew, It was a modest flower. A shepherdess pass'd by that way-- Light footed, pretty and so gay That way she came, Softly warbling forth her lay.
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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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What sort of faults may we retain, nay, even cherish in ourselves? Those faults which are rather pleasant than offensive to others.
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The most foolish of all errors is for clever young men to believe that they forfeit their originality in recognizing a truth which has already been recognized by others.
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Not art and science only, but patience will be required for the work.
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The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves, too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never have otherwise occurred...unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.
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Beware of wishing for anything in youth, because you will get it in middle age.
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For a brave man deserves a well-endowed girl.
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It is a maxim of wise government to treat people not as they should be but as they actually are.
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There is nothing in the world more pitiable than an irresolute man, oscillating between two feelings, who would willingly unite the two and who does not perceive that nothing can unite them
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Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid.
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Impotent hatred is the most horrible of all emotions one should hate nobody whom one cannot destroy.
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A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.
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