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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Age: 82 †
Born: 1749
Born: August 22
Died: 1832
Died: March 22
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Forget not that the man who cannot enjoy his own natural gifts in silence, and find his reward in the exercise of them, will generally find himself badly off.
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I've often heard it said a preacher might learn with a comedian for a teacher.
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Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him.
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Architecture is frozen music. [Ger., Die Backunst ist eine erstarrte Musik.]
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There is nothing by which men display their character so much as in what they consider ridiculous... Fools and sensible men are equally innocuous. It is in the half fools and the half wise that the great danger lies.
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But one must know where one stands, and where the others wish to go.
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For the nature of women is closely allied to art
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One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very best.
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Certain books seem to be written, not that we might learn from them, but in order that we might see how much the author knows.
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To make an epoch in the world, two conditions are manifestly essential-a good head and a great inheritance.
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Secrecy has many advantages, for when you tell someone the purpose of any object right away, they often think there is nothing to it.
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Is this the destiny of man? Is he only happy before he has acquired his reason or after he has lost it?
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It is related of an Englishman that he hanged himself to avoid the daily task of dressing and undressing.
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It is not enough to have knowledge one must apply it. It is not enough to have wishes one must also accomplish it.
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As soon as you are in a social setting, you better take away the key to the lock of your heart and pocket it those who leave thekey in the lock are fools.
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What is predestination? Answer: God is more powerful and wiser than we are, therefore he deals with us according to his pleasure.
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It is equally a mistake to hold one's self too high, or to rate one's self too cheap.
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The ground that a good man treads is hallowed.
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The history of mankind is his character.
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He who is wise puts aside all claims which may dissipate his attention, and confining himself to one branch excels in that.
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