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Passions are defects or virtues in the highest power.
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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People are so constituted that everybody would rather undertake what they see others do, whether they have an aptitude for it or not.
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A joy shared is a joy doubled.
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One is never satisfied with a portrait of persons whom one knows. That is why I have always pitied portraitists. One demands so seldom of others the impossible, but demands just that of the portraitists.
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It is opposition that makes us productive.
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Plants and flowers of the commonest kind can form a pleasing diary, because nothing which calls back to us the remembrance of a happy moment can be insignificant.
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It is related of an Englishman that he hanged himself to avoid the daily task of dressing and undressing.
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He loves not who does not see the faults of the beloved as virtues.
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Ye great teachers: listen to what you say!
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Here too it’s masquerade, I find: As everywhere, the dance of mind. I grasped a lovely masked procession, And caught things from a horror show… I’d gladly settle for a false impression, If it would last a little longer, though.
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If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.
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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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Do thine own task, and be therewith content.
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So long as you live and work, you will be misunderstood to that you must resign yourself once and for all. Be silent!
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One can't dull a project better than by discussing it repeatedly.
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Everywhere, we learn only from those whom we love.
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Art is constitutive-the artist determines beauty. He does not take it over.
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To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.
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Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill.
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All that is transitory is but a metaphor.
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Not the maker of plans and promises, but rather the one who offers faithful service in small matters. This is the person who is most likely to achieve what is good and lasting.
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