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Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Age: 82 †
Born: 1749
Born: August 22
Died: 1832
Died: March 22
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From desire I plunge to its fulfilment, where I long once more for desire.
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