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Perfection is the measure of heaven, and the wish to be perfect the measure of 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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For what one has in black and white, One can carry home in comfort.
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The march of intellect, which licks all the world into shape, has even reached the devil.
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Truth must be repeated again and again, because error is constantly being preached round about.
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Music is either sacred or secular. The sacred agrees with its dignity, and here has its greatest effect on life, an effect that remains the same through all ages and epochs. Secular music should be cheerful throughout.
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It is opposition that makes us productive.
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Begin by instructing yourself, then you will receive instruction from others.
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A judge who cannot punish, in the end associates themselves with the criminal.
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I reverence the individual who understands distinctly what he wishes who unweariedly advances, who knows the means conducive to his object, and can seize and use them.
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