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A life without love, without the presence of the beloved, is nothing but a mere magic-lantern show. We draw out slide after slide, swiftly tiring of each, and pushing it back to make haste for the next.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Age: 82 †
Born: 1749
Born: August 22
Died: 1832
Died: March 22
Aphorist
Art Critic
Art Theorist
Autobiographer
Botanist
Composer
Diarist
Diplomat
Jurist
Lawyer
Librarian
Librettist
Literary
Frankfurt/Main
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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Life
Show
Tire
Next
Pushing
Lantern
Shows
Beloved
Tiring
Back
Draw
Lanterns
Without
Presence
Swiftly
Nothing
Draws
Slide
Make
Mere
Slides
Love
Magic
Haste

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