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Man, be he who he may, experiences a last piece of good fortune and a last day. [Ger., Der Mensch erfahrt, er sei auch wer er mag, Ein letztes Gluck und einen letzten Tag.]

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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He who wishes to exert a useful influence must be careful to insult nothing. Let him not be troubled by what seems absurd, but concentrate his energies to the creation of what is good. He must not demolish, but build. He must raise temples where mankind may come and partake of the purest pleasure.
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To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform.
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It is belief in the Bible, the fruits of deep meditation, which has served me as the guide of my moral and literary life. I have found capital safely invested and richly productive of interest, although I have sometimes made but a bad use of it.
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We are never deceived we deceive ourselves.
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With knowledge comes more doubt.
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Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.
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To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.
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The one who always strives, That one can be redeemed.
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A purpose you impart is no longer your own.
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Where there are no women there are no good manners
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Life seems so vulgar, so easily content with the commonplace things of every day, and yet it always nurses and cherishes certain higher claims in secret, and looks about for the means of satisfying them.
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The century is advanced, but every individual begins afresh.
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Go to foreign countries and you will get to know the good things one possesses at home.
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Age does not make us childish, as some say it finds us true children.
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He is the happiest man who can see the connection between the end and the beginning of life.
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The light is there, and colors surround us. However, if there were no light nor colors in our own eye, we wouldn't perceive such things outside of us.
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The Evil One has left, the evil ones remain.
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It is the fortunate who should extol fortune. [Ger., Das Gluck erhebe billig der Begluckte.]
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