Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid.

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  Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves.

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  Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of mind the highest culture.

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• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:

  Error is acceptable as long as we are young; but one must not drag it along into old age.

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  I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that shows that what I say