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FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER I will not be as those who spend the day in complaining of headache, and the night in drinking the w...
JOHANN VON GOETHE To make converts is the natural ambition of everyone.
JOHANN VON GOETHE Secrecy has many advantages, for when you tell someone the purpose of any object right away, they of...
JOHANN VON GOETHE We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.
JOHANN VON GOETHE Austere perseverance, hash and continuous... rarely fails of its purpose, for its silent power grows...
JOHANN VON GOETHE Measure not by the scale of perfection the meager product of reality.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirk...
JOHANN VON GOETHE Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER