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There is no greater consolation for mediocrity than that the genius is not immortal.
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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On the pinnacle of success man does not stand firm long.
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A plant is like a self-willed man, out of whom we can obtain all which we desire, if we will only treat him his own way.
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No two men see the world exactly alike, and different temperaments will apply in different ways a principle that they both acknowledge.
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One needs only to get old to become milder I don't see anyone make a mistake I hadn't also made.
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They teach in academies far too many things, and far too much that is useless.
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