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Nothing is true, but that which is simple.

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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Unrest and uncertainty are our lot.
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The shudder of awe is humanity's highest faculty, Even though this world is forever altering its values.
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Nature is the living, visible garment of God.
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The spectacle of Nature is always new, for she is always renewing the spectators. Life is her most exquisite invention and death is her expert contrivance to get plenty of life.
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