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Do people conform to the instructions of us old ones? Each thinks he must know best about himself, and thus many are lost entirely.
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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All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green.
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Science arose from poetry... when times change the two can meet again on a higher level as friends.
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