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Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of nationality.
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 would give generous alms if one had the eyes to see the beauty of a cupped receiving hand.
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It is in the half fools and the half wise that the greatest danger lies.
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