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Yet he who grasps the moment's gift, He is the proper man.
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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A great revolution is never the fault of the people, but of the government.
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Wisdom is found only in truth.
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Our modern wars make many unhappy while they last and none happy when they are over.
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The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves, too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never have otherwise occurred...unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.
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