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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Biography:
Was a German writer and according to George Eliot, "Germany's greatest man of letters… and the last true polymath to walk the earth".
Date of Birth: August 28, 1749.
Died on: March 22, 1832 at 83 years.
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A soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.

Category: Beauty

Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him.

Category: Criticism

Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.

Category: Feelings

Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

Category: Dreams

Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking

Category: Thinking

Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

He is the happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

Category: Home

Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Our passion are the true phoenixes; when the old one is burnt out, a new one rises from its ashes.

Category: Passion

Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Whatever you cannot understand, you cannot possess.

Category: Understanding

Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.

Category: Kindness

Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Every situation, every moment - is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity.

Category: Eternity

Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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