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I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be.

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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