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The history of a man is in his character.
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 coward only threatens when he is safe.
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My days are as happy as those reserved by God for his elect and whatever be my fate hereafter, I can never say that I have not tasted joy— the purest joy of life.
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The best fortune that can fall to a man is that which corrects his defects and makes up for his failings.
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Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.
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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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Tolerance should, strictly speaking, be only a passing mood it ought to lead to acknowledgment and appreciation. To tolerate a person is to affront him.
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How circumscribed is woman's destiny!
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The world cannot do without great men, but great men are very troublesome to the world.
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Lose this day loitering 'Twill be the same old story, Tomorrow and the next, Even more dilatory. Whatever you would do, Or dream of doing, begin it! Boldness has power, genius, and magic in it. Begin it now.
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Is it life, I ask, is it even prudence, To bore thyself and bore the students?
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The realization of the self is only possible if one is productive, if one can give birth to one's own potentialities.
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It is in the half fools and the half wise that the greatest danger lies.
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Wisdom is only found in truth. [Ger., Die Weisheit ist nur in der Wahrheit.]
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If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.
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To make a young couple love each other, it is only necessary to oppose and separate them.
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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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Some of our weaknesses are born in us, others are the result of education it is a question which of the two gives us most trouble.
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Look at a man the way he is and he only becomes worse, but look at him as if he were what he could be, then he becomes what he should be.
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Error is to truth as sleep is to waking. I have observed that one turns, as if refreshed, from error back to truth.
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It is the color closest to light. In its utmost purity it always implies the nature of brightness and has a cheerful, serene, gently stimulating character. Hence, experience teaches us that yellow makes a thoroughly warm and comforting impression.
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