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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Biography : German writer and statesman.
Born: 1749 - Died: 1832
Period:
19th century
18th century
Place of birth: Germany
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Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with our feet when it stops.
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The biggest problem with every art is by the use of appearance to create a loftier reality.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe






Age merely shows what children we remain.
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No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.
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Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.
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I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should.
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It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the fear of the worst continues to haunt him.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe






Nature knows no pause in progress and development, and attaches her curse on all inaction.
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We can't form our children on our own concepts we must take them and love them as God gives them to us.
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Character develops itself in the stream of life.
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Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.
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Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.
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Love can do much, but duty more.
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It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.
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Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of mind the highest culture.
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A useless life is an early death.
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