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He who does not stretch himself according to the coverlet finds his feet uncovered.
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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As a man is, so is his God therefore God was so often an object of mockery. [Ger., Wie einer ist, so ist sein Gott, Darum ward Gott so oft zu Spott.]
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two souls, alas, are housed within my breast, and each will wrestle for the mastery there.
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