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Our virtues and view spring from one root.

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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What we don't understand we don't possess.
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A state of true and universal tolerance is best ensured by leaving alone the peculiarities of men and peoples.
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Every step of life shows much caution is required.
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One should not search for anything behind the phenomena. They themselves are the message.
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