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One of the most striking signs of the decay of art is the intermixing of different genres.
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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All one needs to do is declare oneself free and one will immediately feel dependent. If you dare to declare yourself dependent, you feel independent.
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Passions are defects or virtues in the highest power.
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In politics as on a sickbed men toss from side to side in hope of lying more comfortably.
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Architecture is frozen music. [Ger., Die Backunst ist eine erstarrte Musik.]
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Once you have missed the first buttonhole, you'll never manage to button up.
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So, lively brisk old fellow, don't let age get you down. White hairs or not, you can still be a lover.
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Experiments are mediators between nature and idea.
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A life without love, without the presence of the beloved, is nothing but a mere magic-lantern show. We draw out slide after slide, swiftly tiring of each, and pushing it back to make haste for the next.
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What is my life if I am no longer useful to others.
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Everything in the world may be endured, except only a succession of prosperous days. [Ger., Alles in der Welt lasst sich ertragen, Nur nicht eine Reihe von schonen Tagen.]
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