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“Des Menschen Kraft, im Dichter offenbart The human power is revealed by poet Il potere dell'umanità si rivela nel poeta” quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — Download Open image

““Des Menschen Kraft, im Dichter offenbart The human power is revealed by poet Il potere dell'umanità si rivela nel poeta””

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases.

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Nothing is worse than active ignorance.

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Our foibles are really what make us lovable.

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Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.

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“Men grieve [Mephistopheles] so with the days of their lamenting, [he] even hate[s] to plague them with [his] torments.”

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