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We usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
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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Originality provokes originality.
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Thank God when he oppresses you, and again when he releases you.
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That which thy fathers have bequeathed to thee, earn it anew if thou wouldst possess it.
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