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It is the fortunate who should extol fortune. [Ger., Das Gluck erhebe billig der Begluckte.]
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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Every day I observe more and more the folly of judging of others by ourselves and I have so much trouble with myself, and my own heart is in such constant agitation, that I am well content to let others pursue their own course, if they only allow me the same privilege.
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We will burn that bridge when we come to it.
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This is the true measure of love, When we believe that we alone can love, That no one could ever have loved so before us, And that no one will ever love in the same way after us.
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There is nothing new on earth / For a person who lives long and experiences much. / In my years of youthful wandering / I have seen crystallized people.
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Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of nationality.
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Like the star that shines afar, Without haste and without rest, Let each one wheel with steady sway Round the task that rules the day, And do their best.
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Make the most of time, it flies away so fast yet method will teach you to win time.
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Certain faults are necessary to the individual if he is to exist.
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Man can only endure a certain degree of unhappiness what is beyond that either annihilates him or passes by him and leaves him apathetic
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The century is advanced, but every individual begins afresh.
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The real scholar learns how to evolve the unknown from the known, and draws near the master.
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Nothing should be valued higher than the value of the day.
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The Christian religion, though scattered and abroad will in the end gather itself together at the foot of the cross.
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Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.
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He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy.
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God help us -- for art is long, and life so short.
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Let no one be ashamed to say yes today if yesterday he said no. Or to say no today if yesterday he said yes. For that is life. Never to have changed-what a pitiable thing of which to boast!
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What men usually say of misfortunes, that they never come alone, may with equal truth be said of good fortune nay, of other circumstances which gather round us in a harmonious way, whether it arise from a kind of fatality, or that man has the power of attracting to himself things that are mutually related.
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One mind is enough for a thousand hands.
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As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
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