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The biggest problem with every art is by the use of appearance to create a loftier reality. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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I thought that the AIVD was there to protect citizens like me. ↗

— Theo Van Gogh

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I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process. ↗

— Vincent Van Gogh

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It's the most righteous, which of course is not the same thing as the most profitable. ↗

— Nikolai Gogol

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They're thinking of turning the peasant into an educated man. Why, first of all they should make him a good and prosperous farmer and then he'll learn all that is necessary for him to know. ↗

— Nikolai Gogol

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I couldn't pronounce Arnold Schwarzenegger, so I called him Balloon Belly. ↗

— Joe Gold

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Modern diplomats approach every problem with an open mouth. ↗

— Arthur Goldberg

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The problem with the United Nations is that while democracy within nations is the best available form of government, democracy among nations can be a moral disaster - especially if some nations are not democracies. ↗

— Jonah Goldberg

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