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The flowers are full of honey, but only the bee finds out the sweetness.
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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Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks.
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Why should we not recognize in the lightning, the thunder, and the storm wind, the approach of an overwhelming Power, and in the scent of flowers and the gently rustling zephyr the presence of a Being full of love?
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We rather confess our moral errors, faults, and crimes than our ignorance.
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Light has called forth one organ to become its like, and thus the eye is formed by the light and for the light so that the inner light may emerge to meet the outer light.
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I come more and more to the conclusion that one must take the side of the minority which is always the more intelligent one.
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Words are good, but there is something better. The best cannot be explained by words. The spirit in which we act is the chief matter. Action can only be only understood and represented by the spirit.
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Passions are defects or virtues in the highest power.
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