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Excellence is rarely found, more rarely valued.
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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To measure up to all that is demanded of him, a man must overestimate his capacities
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Happy the man who early learns the wide chasm that lies between his wishes and his powers.
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