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A person is never happy till their vague strivings has itself marked out its proper limitations.
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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If I say to the moment: 'Stay now! You are so beautiful'!
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