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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
 
Nationality:   German
 
Date of Birth:   Aug 28, 1749
 
Date of Death:   Mar 22,  1832
 
Profession:   Poet
 
 
 
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Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away.
 
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Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this.
 
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The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.
 
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He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy.
 
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The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the age.
 
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Mastery passes often for egotism.
 
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If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I have guesses enough of my own.
 
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Every step of life shows much caution is required.
 
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The world remains ever the same.
 
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Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be.
 
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A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.
 
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We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to them to find out what they are like.
 
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There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.
 
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Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.
 
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