I am contented, happy, and consequently a bad historian.
("The Sorrows of Young Werther")
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One would give generous alms if one had the eyes to see the beauty of a cupped receiving hand.Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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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Anecdotes and maxims are rich treasures to the man of the world, for he knows how to introduce the former at fit place in conversation.
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No wise combatant underestimates their antagonist.
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To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in spite of distances or thoughts expressed That can make life a garden. Different Translation To know of someone here and there whom we accord with, who is living on with us, even in silence, this makes our earthly ball a people garden.
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There is no crime of which I do not deem myself capable.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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