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Literature is a fragment of a fragment. Of all that ever happened, or has been said, but a fraction has been written and of this but little is extant.
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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Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him.
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It is not enough to take steps which may someday lead to a goal each step must be itself a goal and a step likewise.
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Judge a man's character by what he finds ridiculous.
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The rabble also vent their rage in words. [Ger., Es macht das Volk sich auch mit Worten Lust.]
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Life is but a preparation for what there is to come.
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Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.
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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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Man is not born to solve the problem of the universe, but to find out what he has to do and to restrain himself within the limits of his comprehension.
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Piety, like nobility, has its aristocracy.
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The mortal race is far too weak not to grow dizzy on unwonted brights. [Ger., Das sterbliche Geschlecht ist viel zu schwach In ungewohnter Hohe nicht zu schwindeln.]
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New inventions can and will be made however, nothing new can be thought of that concerns moral man. Everything has already been thought and said which at best we can express in different forms and give new expressions to.
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A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.
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Stones are mute teachers they silence the observer, and the most valuable lesson we learn from them we cannot communicate.
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What is the path? There is no path. On into the unknown.
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The human mind will not be confined to any limits.
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