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Great necessity elevates man, petty necessity casts him down
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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Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him.
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Every step of life shows much caution is required.
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You shall abstain, shall abstain. That is the eternal song.
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Whatever is the object of a saint's hope is the subject of his prayer.
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