Encourage the beautiful, the useful will take care of itsel… - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Encourage the beautiful, the useful will take care of itself.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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About Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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 • Goethe • Johann Wolfgang Goethe • Johann Wolfgang von Göthe • Johann Wolfgang Göthe • Göthe

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Much there is I can stand. Most things not easy to suffer
I bear with quiet resolve, just as a God commands it.
Only a few things I find as repugnant as snakes and poison.
These four: tobacco smoke, bedbugs and garlic and Christ.

Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.

We amuse ourselves painting our prison-walls with bright figures and brilliant landscapes.

Encourage the beautiful, the useful will take care of itself. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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