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For the nature of a women is closely allied to art. [Ger., Denn das Naturell der Frauen Ist so nah mit Kunst verwandt.]
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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Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us something beyond our wishes.
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A king there was once reigning, Who had a goodly flea, Him loved he without feigning, As his own son were he!
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The older we get the more we must limit ourselves if we wish to be active.
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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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Thank God when He lays a burden on thee, and thank Him when He takes it off.
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My poor head is in such a whirl, my mind is all in bits.
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The highest problem of any art is to cause by appearance the illusion of a higher reality.
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Beware of wishing for anything in youth, because you will get it in middle age.
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Old age is never honored among us, but only indulged, as childhood is and old men lose one of the most precious rights of man,--that of being judged by their peers.
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