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If each one does their duty as an individual and if each one works in their own proper vocation, it will be right with the whole.

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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You are certainly wrong to compare suicide ... with great accomplishments, since it cannot be considered as anything but a weakness. After all, it is easier to die than to endure a harrowing life with fortitude.
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Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting.
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