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People may live as much retired from the world as they please but sooner or later, before they are aware, they will find themselves debtor or creditor to somebody.

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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