Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
There is no past we can bring back by longing for it. There is only an eternal now that builds and creates out of the past something new and better.
von Müller, Friedrich. Goethe's Conversations with Chancellor Friedrich von Müller. Translated by various, Cotta, 1870.
The presidents had announced that they would resume diplomatic relations and allow trade, tourism, and other exchange after 40 years of U. S. policy boycotting Cuba to produce more democratic reform and regime change. Fidel Castro, however, became the longest serving ruler or leader of any country in the world, and despite (some argue because of) the boycott was also one of the most popular leaders. The boycott was based on faulty intelligence and after 40 years of no results, President Obama's administration reversed the historical policy that had not been working though there were some American Castro haters who objected to the change arguing that with more time and the death of Fidel Castro who was ill at the time, the boycott would be effective and then we could negotiate for something in exchange for lifting the boycott.
Webster, after his retirement, deteriorated physically and then mentally. He died at the age of 50. The medical examiner was amazed at the deterioration of Webster's body and decided to examine Webster's brain and determined that he had permenant brain damabe from the repeated head blows.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, critic, and amateur artist. His works include: four novels; epic and lyric poetry; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; and treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour. He is considered to be the greatest German literary figure of the modern era.
