Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with our feet when it stops.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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More quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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- Age merely shows what children we remain.
- The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the age.
- The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.
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