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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....
• A man's errors are what makes him amiable. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
• Man errs as long as he strives. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Fau
• I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life
  it teaches better than book or orator. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe...
• Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.
  -- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1832)...
• All intelligent thoughts have already been though
  what is necessary is only to try to think them again. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe...
• The greatest genius will not be worth much if he pretends to draw exclusively from his own resources.
  -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe...
• All things are only transitory. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
• A clever man commits no minor blunders. --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe