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If you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that you are sick.
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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It is the fortunate who should extol fortune. [Ger., Das Gluck erhebe billig der Begluckte.]
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