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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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Frankfurt/Main
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Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of nationality.
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Truth has to be repeated constantly, because Error also is being preached all the time, and not just by a few, but by the multitude. In the Press and Encyclopaedias, in Schools and Universities, everywhere Error holds sway, feeling happy and comfortable in the knowledge of having Majority on its side.
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It is a maxim of wise government to treat people not as they should be but as they actually are.
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If one doesn't know one's own country, one doesn't have standards for foreign countries.
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If we are out of synch with ourselves, everything is out of synch for us.
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The artist who is not also a craftsman is no good but, alas, most of our artists are nothing else.
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