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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

«Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.»
«Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.»
«If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses.»
«A man that all the world hates, there must be something about him.»
«How can you come to know yourself? Never by thinking; always by doing. Try to do your duty, and you'll know right away what you amount to.»
«Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers.»
«Every man has enough power left to carry out that of which he is convinced.»
«People have a peculiar pleasure in making converts, that is, in causing others to enjoy what they enjoy, thus finding their own likeness represented and reflected back to them.»
«Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though t'were his own.»
«Help me to discover Thy truth, O Lord, and preserve me from those who have already found it»

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