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“No one would talk much in company if he realized how often he himself misunderstood others.”
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“The clearest indication of character is what people find laughable.”
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“When a rainbow has lasted as long as a quarter of an hour we stop looking at it.”
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“Mysteries do not as yet amount to miracles.”
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“It makes a big difference whether I read for enjoyment and stimulus or for knowledge and instruction.”
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“What is Classical is healthy; what is Romantic is sick.”
First Sentence edit
1. We enjoy looking into the future because, by our secret longings, we so much want to bring about a favourable realization of the vague possibilities that move to and fro in that realm.
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- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Author)
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