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There are men who never err, because they never propose anything rational.
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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two souls, alas, are housed within my breast, and each will wrestle for the mastery there.
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