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Certain faults are necessary to the individual if he is to exist.
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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Viewed from the summit of reason, all life looks like a malignant disease and the world like a madhouse.
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You shall abstain, shall abstain. That is the eternal song.
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A man is really alive only when he delights in the good-will of others.
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Not the maker of plans and promises, but rather the one who offers faithful service in small matters. This is the person who is most likely to achieve what is good and lasting.
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Your messages I hear, but faith has not been given The dearest child of Faith is Miracle.
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My poor head is in such a whirl, my mind is all in bits.
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To venture an opinion is like moving a piece at chess: it may be taken, but it forms the beginning of a game that is won.
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Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.
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The mortal race is far too weak not to grow dizzy on unwonted brights. [Ger., Das sterbliche Geschlecht ist viel zu schwach In ungewohnter Hohe nicht zu schwindeln.]
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For many people, one of the most frustrating aspects of life is not being able to understand other people's behavior.
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When you are in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude. We don't get to know people when they come to us we must go to them to find out what they are like.
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One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very best.
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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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If you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that you are sick.
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