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The experiences show us just as we are they make us see our own defects.
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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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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I can promise to be upright, but not to be without bias. [Ger., Aufrichtig zu sein kann ich versprechen unparteiisch zu sein aber nicht.]
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Stones are mute teachers they silence the observer, and the most valuable lesson we learn from them we cannot communicate.
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Reason can never be popular. Passions and feelings may become popular, but reason will always remain the sole property of a few eminent individuals.
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Sin writes histories, goodness is silent. [Ger., Das Uebel macht eine Geschichte und das Gute keine.]
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Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers.
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Three things are to be looked to in a building: that it stand on the right spot that it is securely founded that it be successfully executed.
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One needs only to get old to become milder I don't see anyone make a mistake I hadn't also made.
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You shall abstain, shall abstain. That is the eternal song.
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Wisdom is found only in truth.
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Your messages I hear, but faith has not been given The dearest child of Faith is Miracle.
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From desire I plunge to its fulfilment, where I long once more for desire.
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Our modern wars make many unhappy while they last and none happy when they are over.
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