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One glance, one word from you gives more pleasure than all the wisdom of this world.
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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It matters little whether a man be mathematically or philologically or artistically cultivated, so he be but cultivated.
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The eternal feminine draws us on high.
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