German - Poet | August 28, 1749 - March 22, 1832
A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Nothing is to be rated higher than the value of the day.
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We always have time enough, if we will but use it aright.
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Wisdom is found only in truth.
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Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.
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The world remains ever the same.
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When ideas fail, words come in very handy.
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An unused life is an early death.
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All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to think them again.
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We cannot fashion our children after our desires, we must have them and love them as God has given them to us.
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The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.
BestGovernmentUsGovernOurselves
Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself as he is?
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