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When ideas fail, words come in very handy.
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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I don't know a greater advantage, than to appreciate the worth of an enemy.
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The Bible grows more beautiful, as we grow in our understanding of it.
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