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Kindness is the golden thread that holds society together.
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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Let there be truth between us.
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Voluntary dependence is the wonderful form of existence, and how could that be possible without love?
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Only law can give us freedom.
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He who does not expect a million readers should not write a line.
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