Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe  - Quotes

 The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers & cities; but to know someone who thinks & feels with us, & who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden. 

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Heraclitus  - Quotes

 The lord whose is the oracle at Delphoi neither utters nor hides his meaning, but shows it by a sign.



The Sibyl, with raving lips uttering things mirthless, unbedizened, and unperfumed, reaches over a thousand years with her voice, thanks to the god in her.
 

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Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe  - Quotes

 He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home. 

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Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly  - Quotes

 Dandies, who  

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Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe  - Quotes

 How to please the public - that's the test,

But nowadays I find I'm in a fix;

I know they're not accustomed to the best,

But they've all read so much they know the tricks.

How can we give then something fresh and new

That's serious, but entertaining too?
 

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