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If you've never eaten while crying you don t know what life tastes like.
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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Voluntary dependence is the wonderful form of existence, and how could that be possible without love?
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If a man or woman is born ten years sooner or later, their whole aspect and performance shall be different.
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One must not criticize that which is common since it remains always the same.
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There are two things parents should give their children roots and wings. Roots to give them bearing and a sense of belonging, but also wings to help free them from constraints and prejudices and give them other ways to travel (or rather, to fly).
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