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Death is a commingling of eternity with time in the death of a good man, eternity is seen looking through time.
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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There is no past we can bring back by longing for it. There is only an eternal now that builds and creates out of the past something new and better.
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We gladly put antiquity above our age but not posterity. Only a father doesn't begrudge his son's talent.
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It is only necessary to grow old to become more charitable and even indulgent. I see no fault committed by others that I have not committed myself.
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