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A clever man commits no minor blunders.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
PoetGerman1749 · 18th century
4.8 · 29 votes · 158 reads
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'To give style'' to one's character - a great and rare art! He exercises it who surveys all that his nature presents in strength and weakness and then moulds it to an artistic plan until everything appears as art and reason, and even the weaknesses deligh
Friedrich Nietzsche
WriterGerman1844 · 19th century
5.0 · 35 votes · 149 reads
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Society
A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving.
Albert Einstein
PhysicistGerman1879 · 19th century
4.4 · 38 votes · 93 reads
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Art and Culture
A book is a mirror: If an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to look out.
Georg C. Lichtenberg
ScientistGerman1742 · 18th century
3.2 · 59 votes · 85 reads
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A man can be himself only so long as he is alone.
Arthur Schopenhauer
PhilosopherGerman1788 · 18th century
3.3 · 36 votes · 84 reads
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Thought and Reason
A noble heart will always capitulate to reason.
Friedrich Schiller
PoetGerman1759 · 18th century
3.9 · 41 votes · 76 reads
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Thought and Reason
Anything inside that immobilizes me, gets in my way, keeps me from my goals, is all mine.
Walter Benjamin
PhilosopherGerman1892 · 19th century
3.3 · 46 votes · 101 reads
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Government and Politics
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
Henry A. Kissinger
PoliticianGerman1923 · 20th century
3.0 · 60 votes · 189 reads
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Countries
Above all it is important to point out that we can only maintain our prosperity in Europe if we belong to the most innovative regions in the world.
Angela Merkel
PoliticianGerman1954 · 20th century
4.8 · 20 votes · 185 reads
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Thought and Reason
A clear conscience is a soft pillow.
German proverb
German
3.2 · 46 votes · 164 reads
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