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Whatever necessity lays upon thee, endure whatever she commands, do.

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
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Jurist
Lawyer
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Literary
Frankfurt/Main
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Perseverance
Necessity
Command
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Endure
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Commands

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