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Since Time is not a person we can overtake when he is gone, let us honor him with mirth and cheerfulness of heart while he is passing.
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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Correction does much, but encouragement does more. Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.
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Divide and rule, a sound motto. Unite and lead, a better one.
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