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If we are out of synch with ourselves, everything is out of synch for us.

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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And future deeds crowded round us as the countless stars in the night. [Ger., Und kunftige Thaten drangen wie die Sterne Rings um uns her unzahlig aus der Nacht.]
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Architecture is frozen music. [Ger., Die Backunst ist eine erstarrte Musik.]
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To a valet no man is a hero. [Ger., Es gibt fur den Kammerdiener keiner Helden.]
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It is a great error to take oneself for more than one is, or for less than one is worth.
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So long as you live and work, you will be misunderstood to that you must resign yourself once and for all. Be silent!
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Talent is nurtured in solitude character is formed in the stormy billows of the world. [Ger., Es bildet ein talent sich in der Stille, Sich ein Charakter in dem Strom der Welt.]
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