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Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

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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All sects seem to me to be right in what they assert, and wrong in what they deny.
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A joy shared is a joy doubled.
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As our inclinations, so our opinions.
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