About Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German polymath who is widely regarded as the greatest and 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...
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Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.
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It is after all the greatest art to limit and isolate oneself.
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To be pleased with one's limits is a wretched state.