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We don't get to know anything but what we love.

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Age: 82 †
Born: 1749
Born: August 22
Died: 1832
Died: March 22
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My peace is gone, my heart is heavy. [Ger., Meine Ruh ist hin, Mein Herz ist schwer.]
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The people rate strength before everything.
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If you lay duties upon people and give them no rights, you must pay them well.
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What we don't understand we don't possess.
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Die Zeit ist selbst ein Element. Time is itself an element.
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