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Who is the happiest man? He who is alive to the merit of others, and can rejoice in their enjoyment as if it were his own.
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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Yet here I stand poor fool what more, not one wit wiser than before.
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Error is to truth as sleep is to waking. I have observed that one turns, as if refreshed, from error back to truth.
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