"Smoothly and lightly the golden seed by the furrow is covered."
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"Since I have heard often enough that everyone in the end has his own religion, nothing seemed more natural to me than to fashion my own."
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"Alas! sorrow from happiness is oft evolved."
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"Courage and modesty are the most unequivocal of virtues, for they are of a kind that hypocrisy cannot imitate; they too have this quality in common, that they are expressed by the same color."
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"For the nature of women is closely allied to art"
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"The thinker makes a great mistake when he asks after cause and effect. They both together make up the indivisible phenomenon."
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"A noble man is led far by woman's gentle words. [Ger., Ein edler Mann wird durch ein gutes Wort Der Frauen weit gefuhrt.]"
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"If thou wouldst hear what seemly is and fit, inquire of noble woman; they can tell, who in life's common usage hold their place by graceful deed and aptly chosen word."
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"The mortal race is far too weak not to grow dizzy on unwonted brights. [Ger., Das sterbliche Geschlecht ist viel zu schwach In ungewohnter Hohe nicht zu schwindeln.]"
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"The trouble is small, the fun is great. [Ger., Die Muh'ist klein, der Spass ist gross.]"
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"Yet he who grasps the moment's gift, He is the proper man."
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"Oh, happy he who still hopes he can emerge from Error's boundless sea! - Faust."
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"The effects of good music are not just because it's new; on the contrary music strikes us more the more familiar we are with it."
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"Modern poets add a lot of water to their ink."
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"I hate every violent overthrow, because as much is destroyed as is gained by it."
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"Power is neither male nor female."
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"Neither art thou the man to catch the fiend and hold him! [Ger., Du bist noch nicht der Mann den Teufel festzuhalten."
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"What dazzles, for the moment spends its spirit; Whats genuine, shall posterity inherit."
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"Yes, I have finally arrived to this Capital of the World! I now see all the dreams of my youth coming to life... Only in Rome is it possible to understand Rome."
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"Alas, that we should be so unwilling to listen to the still and holy yearnings of the heart! A god whispers quite softly in our breast, softly yet audibly; telling us what we ought to seek and what to shun."
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