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There is no greater consolation for mediocrity than that the genius is not immortal.
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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