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The eye doesn't see any shapes, it sees only what is differentiated through light and dark or through colors.
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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Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks.
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What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.
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A judge who cannot punish, in the end associates themselves with the criminal.
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Why go further and further, Look, happiness is right here. Learn how to grab hold of luck, For luck is always there.
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There are men who never err, because they never propose anything rational.
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