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The style of an author is a faithful copy of his mind.
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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A true German can't stand the French, Yet willingly he drinks their wines.
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None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
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Where there are no women there are no good manners
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For precisely when concepts fail one, Words are found at the right time.
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As long as you don't practice it, this dying and becoming, You are only a dreary guest on this dark earth.
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