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Reason can never be popular. Passions and feelings may become popular, but reason will always remain the sole property of a few eminent individuals.
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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One needs only to get old to become milder I don't see anyone make a mistake I hadn't also made.
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Truth must be repeated again and again, because error is constantly being preached round about.
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