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What is the path? There is no path. On into the unknown.

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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The old lose one of the greatest privileges of man, for they are no longer judged by their contemporaries.
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To understand one thing well is better than understanding many things by halves.
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A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.
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Whatever necessity lays upon thee, endure whatever she commands, do.
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The world only goes forward because of those who oppose it.
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Every step of life shows much caution is required.
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Architecture is crystallized music.
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Truth has to be repeated constantly, because Error also is being preached all the time, and not just by a few, but by the multitude. In the Press and Encyclopaedias, in Schools and Universities, everywhere Error holds sway, feeling happy and comfortable in the knowledge of having Majority on its side.
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The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.
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Many hammer all over the wall and believe that with each blow they hit the nail on the head.
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Thank God when he oppresses you, and again when he releases you.
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Man, be he who he may, experiences a last piece of good fortune and a last day. [Ger., Der Mensch erfahrt, er sei auch wer er mag, Ein letztes Gluck und einen letzten Tag.]
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