As Johann Goethe, the German author, said, "That is most difficult which seems easiest: to be present to what is before one."

诚如德国文学家歌德所说的：“看似最容易的却着实不易：当下于眼前的事物。”

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"— Johann von Goethe (Sun and Venus in Virgo, Moon in Pisces)."

——歌德(太阳和金星落在处女座，月亮落在双鱼座)。

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Germany is coming to resemble France in balancing European cohesion with the pursuit of national status, says Gunther Hellmann of Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt.

法兰克福歌德大学教授谷泽•赫尔曼认为，德国要效仿法国，在追求国家地位的同时平衡欧洲各国的联盟关系。

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Remember the words of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm.

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On the other hand, didn't Goethe encourage Johann Peter Eckermann, the tireless amanuensis he met in 1823 whom he knew was recording his words for posterity?

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