Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German polymath who is widely regarded as the most influential writer in the German language. His work has had a wide-ranging influence on literary, political, and philosophical thought in the Western world from the late 18th century to the present. A poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre-director, and critic, Goethe wrote a wide range of works, including plays, poetry and aesthetic criticism, as well as treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour.
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When an idea is wanting, a word can always be found to take its place.
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The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.
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A man can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
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Divide and rule, a sound motto. Unite and lead, a better one.
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Everything in the world may be endured except continued prosperity.
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Men show their characters in nothing more clearly than in what they think laughable.
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There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.
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Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again.