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True works of art are a manifestation of the higher laws of nature.
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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Lamps make oil-spots and candles need snuffing it is only the light of heaven that shines pure and leaves no stain.
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Originality provokes originality.
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The mind is found most acute and most uneasy in the morning. Uneasiness is, indeed, a species of sagacity - a passive sagacity. Fools are never uneasy.
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A wife is a gift bestowed upon a man to reconcile him to the loss of paradise.
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From desire I plunge to its fulfilment, where I long once more for desire.
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