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One must not criticize that which is common since it remains always the same.
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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Great necessity elevates man, petty necessity casts him down
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One should not search for anything behind the phenomena. They themselves are the message.
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If in the infinite you want to stride, Just walk in the finite to every side.
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