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We are never deceived we deceive ourselves.
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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Whatever you cannot understand, you cannot possess.
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As long as you are not aware of the continual law of Die and Be Again, you are merely a vague guest on a dark Earth.
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