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Maxioms by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Water its living strength first shows,
When obstacles its course oppose.

Water its living strength first shows,
When obstacles its course oppose.

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The sagacious reader who is capable of reading between these
lines what does not stand written in them, but read more

The sagacious reader who is capable of reading between these
lines what does not stand written in them, but is nevertheless
implied, will be able to form some conception.

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It is the fortunate who should extol fortune.
[Ger., Das Gluck erhebe billig der Begluckte.]

It is the fortunate who should extol fortune.
[Ger., Das Gluck erhebe billig der Begluckte.]

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A wounded heart can with difficulty be cured.
[Ger., Doch ein gekranktes Herz erholt sich schwer.]

A wounded heart can with difficulty be cured.
[Ger., Doch ein gekranktes Herz erholt sich schwer.]

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A collection of anecdotes and maxims is the greatest of treasures for the man of the world, for he knows read more

A collection of anecdotes and maxims is the greatest of treasures for the man of the world, for he knows how to intersperse conversation with the former in fit places, and to recollect the latter on proper occasions

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