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There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.
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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Hatred is active displeasure, envy passive. We need not wonder that envy turns to soon to hatred.
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Then to the depths! - I could as well say height: It's all the same.
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A true German can't stand the French, Yet willingly he drinks their wines.
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