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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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The trouble is small, the fun is great. [Ger., Die Muh'ist klein, der Spass ist gross.]
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He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm.
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When toward the Devil's Hose we tread, Woman's a thousand steps behind. [Ger., Denn geht es zu des Bosen Haus Das Weib hat tausend Schritt voraus.]
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Beauty and Genius must be kept afar if one would avoid becoming their slave.
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Passions are defects or virtues in the highest power.
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Whoever gives himself up to solitude, Ah! he is soon alone.
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Whatever you cannot understand, you cannot possess.
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The public wishes itself to be managed like a woman one must say nothing to it except what it likes to hear.
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