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It is after all the greatest art to limit and isolate oneself. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#clearly #laughable #men #more #nothing

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#character #laugh #more #nothing #people

A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#ones #person #places #praise #themselves

The man who occupies the first place seldom plays the principal part. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Upon the creatures we have made, we are, ourselves, at last, dependent. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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I want to warn against the Fifth Column which is trying to hinder our free way of life in Holland. ↗

— Theo Van Gogh

#column #fifth #free #hinder #holland

One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever came to sit by it. Passers-by see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on their way. ↗

— Vincent Van Gogh

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I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as in a dream. ↗

— Vincent Van Gogh

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It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to, the feeling for the things themselves, for reality is more important than the feeling for pictures. ↗

— Vincent Van Gogh

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