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He who has a task to perform must know how to take sides, or he is quite unworthy of 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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The whole history of the Christian Church is a mixture of errors and violence.
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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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