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Wisdom is only found in truth. [Ger., Die Weisheit ist nur in der Wahrheit.]

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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The angles even Draw strength from gazing on its glance, Though none its meaning fathom may The world's unwither'd countenance Is bright as at creation's day.
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To the man of thought almost nothing is really ridiculous.
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Fools and wise men are equally harmless. It is the half-fools and half-wise that are dangerous.
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Without haste! without rest! Bind the motto to thy breast! Bear it with thee as a spell Storm or sunshine , guard it well.
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Fret not over the irretrievable, but ever act as if thy life were just begun.
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Nothing is more odious than the majority, for it consists of a few powerful leaders, a certain number of accommodating scoundrels and submissive weaklings, and a mass of men who trot after them without thinking, or knowing their own minds.
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The whole art of living consists in giving up existence in order to exist.
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