A teacher who can arouse a feeling for one single good acti… - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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A teacher who can arouse a feeling for one single good action, for one single good poem, accomplishes more than he who fills our memory with rows on rows of natural objects, classified with name and form.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German novelist, dramatist, poet, humanist, scientist, philosopher, and for ten years chief minister of state at Weimar.

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Alternative Names: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe • Q5879 • Goethe • Johann Wolfgang Goethe • Johann Wolfgang von Göthe • Johann Wolfgang Göthe • Göthe

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There are occasions ... when all consolation is base and it is a duty to despair.

Was ich weiß, kann jeder wissen. Mein Herz hab' ich allein.

Wenn mancher sich nicht verpflichtet fühlte, das Unwahre zu wiederholen, weil er’s einmal gefügt hat, fo wären es ganz andere Leute geworden.

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