He is happiest be he king or peasant who finds peace in his home.

Goethe
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More Quotes By Goethe
  1. For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.

  2. But one must know where one stands and where the others wish to go.

  3. So lively brisk old fellow don't let age get you down. White hairs or not you can still be a lover.

  4. The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him everybody sees them.

  5. I call architecture 'petrified music'.

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