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In all times it is only individuals that have advanced science, not the age.
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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Ohne Hast, aber ohne Rast. - Without haste, but without rest.
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Try novelties for salesman's bait, For novelty wins everyone.
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Your messages I hear, but faith has not been given The dearest child of Faith is Miracle.
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I do not now begin, - I still adore Her whom I early cherish'd in my breast Then once again with prudence dispossess'd, And to whose heart I'm driven back once more. The love of Petrarch, that all-glorious love, Was unrequited, and, alas, full sad.
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Beware of her fair hair, for she excels All women in the magic of her locks And when she winds them round a young man's neck, She will not ever set him free again.
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