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Some of our weaknesses are born in us, others are the result of education it is a question which of the two gives us most trouble.

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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