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In politics as on a sickbed men toss from side to side in hope of lying more comfortably.
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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It would not be worth your while to reach the age of seventy if all the wisdom of the world were to be foolishness before God.
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The person who in shaky times also wavers only increases the evil, but the person of firm decision fashions the universe.
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