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We will burn that bridge when we come to it.
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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In politics as on a sickbed men toss from side to side in hope of lying more comfortably.
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For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.
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But what is your duty? What the day demands. [Ger., Was aber ist deine Pflicht? Die Forderung des Tages.]
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