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The miller imagines that the corn grows only to make his mill turn.
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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Nothing is worse than active ignorance.
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Divide and rule, a sound motto. Unite and lead, a better one.
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What in us the women leave uncultivated, children cultivate when we retain them near us.
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