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Sowing is not as difficult as reaping.
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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Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us something beyond our wishes.
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If all these devils really exist it proves there must be angels, too.
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To rule is easy, to govern difficult.
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If each one does their duty as an individual and if each one works in their own proper vocation, it will be right with the whole.
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