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" 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
Man
My Own
Book
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" As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live. "
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" The unnatural, that too is natural. "
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" All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green. "
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" This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew. "
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" Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes. "
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" A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude. "
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" We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases. "
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" He who has a task to perform must know how to take sides, or he is quite unworthy of it. "
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