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What is the universal? The single case. What is the particular? Millions of cases.
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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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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Someone criticized an elderly man for wooing young women. He replied that that was the only way to rejuvenation, which was, afterall, everybody's wish.
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Of the book of books most wondrous is the tender book of love.
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The greatest joy of a thinking man is to have searched the explored and to quietly revere the unexplored.
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Since you know me and my destiny only too well, you probably also know what attracts me to all unfortunate people.
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The most fortunate of men, Be he a king or commoner, is he Whose welfare is assured in his own home.
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Knowing is not enough we must apply. Willing is not enough we must do.
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As long as you are not aware of the continual law of Die and Be Again, you are merely a vague guest on a dark Earth.
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On the pinnacle of success man does not stand firm long.
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For I have been a man, and that means to have been a fighter.
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Try novelties for salesman's bait, For novelty wins everyone.
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Gray is the color of all theory
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To venture an opinion is like moving a piece at chess: it may be taken, but it forms the beginning of a game that is won.
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Over all the mountain tops is peace. In all treetops you perceive scarcely a breath. The little birds in the forest are silent. Wait then soon, you too, will have peace.
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Strike the dog dead, it's but a critic!
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