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  • Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.

    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
    Wise, Wisdom, Literature
    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John Stuart Blackie (1883). “The Wisdom of Goethe”, Edinburgh, W. Blackwood

  • In politics as on a sickbed men toss from side to side in hope of lying more comfortably.

    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
    Lying, Men, Political
    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1963). “Goethe's world view: presented in his reflections and maxims”

  • Legislators and revolutionaries who promise both equality and liberty are visionaries and charlatans.

    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
    Political, Promise, Liberty
    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1963). “Goethe's world view: presented in his reflections and maxims”
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  • Born: August 28, 1749
  • Died: March 22, 1832
  • Occupation: Writer
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