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The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
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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Frankfurt/Main
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He who is wise puts aside all claims which may dissipate his attention, and confining himself to one branch excels in that.
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No one feels himself easy in a garden which does not look like the open country.
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