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All professional men are handicapped by not being allowed to ignore things which are useless.
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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Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him.
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