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So long as you live and work, you will be misunderstood to that you must resign yourself once and for all. Be silent!

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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