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Were not the eye made to receive the rays of the sun, it could not behold the sun if the peculiar power of God lay not in us, how could the godlike charm us?
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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Perseverance is a silent power that grows irresistibly greater with time.
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Everything that we encounter leaves traces behind. Everything contributes imperceptibly to our education
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The human mind will not be confined to any limits.
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