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If nature is your teacher, your soul will awaken.

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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Wisdom is only found in truth. [Ger., Die Weisheit ist nur in der Wahrheit.]
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