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• I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wishes.
  The greater part of all mischief in the world arises from the fact that men do not sufficiently understand their own aims....
• Man errs as long as he strives. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Fau
• Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
  -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)...
• The coward threatens when he is safe. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
• If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows.
  I have guesses enough of my own. --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe...
• When we treat man as he is, we make him worse than he i
  when we treat him as if he already were what he potentially could be, we make him what he should be....
• No one would talk much in society, if he knew how often he misunderstands others.
  -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe...
• A man's errors are what makes him amiable. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
• And here, poor fool, with all my lore I stand no wiser than before.
  -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)...