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On the pinnacle of success man does not stand firm long.
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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Architecture is frozen music. [Ger., Die Backunst ist eine erstarrte Musik.]
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If you inquire what people are like here, I must answer, The same as everywhere.
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