- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(08/28/1749 – 03/22/1832)
German philosopher
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"The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man almost nothing."
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"A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator the smaller the fraction."
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"A Frenchwoman, when double-crossed, will kill her rival; the Italian woman would rather kill her deceitful lover; the Englishwoman simply breaks off relations—but they all will console themselves with another man."
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| "We sat in the car park till twenty to one and now I'm engaged to Miss Joan Hunter Dunn."
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"Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt."
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"When you've made six pictures and the mule still gets more fan mail than you do..."
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"The difference between pornography and erotica is lighting."
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| "Invent a past for the present." |  |
| "I don't want my body to be a distraction from my talent or my brain." |  |
| "I have to forgive because I'm going to be a bitter bitch if I don't." |  |
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