The passions are like those demons with which Afrasahiab sailed down the Orus. Our only safety consists in … - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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If I ran into a 19-year-old version of myself, I'd just tell her to live, full out. I might also tell her to go ahead and have a few babies and not worry about the timing of it.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The passions are like those demons with which Afrasahiab sailed down the Orus. Our only safety consists in keeping them asleep. If they we are lost.

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