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He who is firm in will molds the world to himself.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Aber wer fest auf dem Sinne beharrt, der bildet die Welt sich.

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A mathematician is only perfect insofar as he is a perfect man, sensitive to the beauty of truth.

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None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.

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I had rather be Mercury, the smallest among seven [planets], revolving round the sun, than the first among five [moons] revolving round Saturn.

Of freedom and of life he only is deserving
Who every day must conquer them anew.

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Properly speaking, such work is never finished; one must declare it so when, according to time and circumstances, one has done one's best.

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