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Great passions are incurable diseases.
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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Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of nationality.
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Since you know me and my destiny only too well, you probably also know what attracts me to all unfortunate people.
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How circumscribed is woman's destiny!
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Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.
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What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.
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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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He who does not see the whole world in his friends, does not deserve that the world should hear of him.
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In art, the best is good enough.
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Wishes are premonitions of abilities.
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Normally, people believe that, if they hear just words, that these words must lead to some thought.
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Every second is of infinite value.
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How can you come to know yourself? Never by thinking, always by doing. Try to do your duty, and you'll know right away what you amount to.
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Wind is the loving Wooer of waters Wind blends together Billows all-foaming. Spirit of man, Thou art like unto water! Fortune of man, Thou art like unto wind!
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Courage and modesty are the most unequivocal of virtues, for they are of a kind that hypocrisy cannot imitate they too have this quality in common, that they are expressed by the same color.
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