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Famous quotes from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 – 1832)
was a German writer, biologist, pictorial artist, theoretical physicist, and polymath.

“He is dead in this world who has no belief in another.”

“Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action.

“Go to foreign countries and you will get to know the good things one possesses at home.”

“To rule is easy: to govern difficult.

“Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.

“Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.

“Precaution is better than cure.

“The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.

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