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Genius develops in quiet places, character out in the full current of human life.


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JOHANN VON GOETHE What I possess I would gladly retain. Change amuses the mind, yet scarcely profits.
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JOHANN VON GOETHE Their is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.
JOHANN VON GOETHE One never goes further than when they do not know where they are going.
JOHANN VON GOETHE Difficulties increase the nearer we approach the goal.
JOHANN VON GOETHE