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Errors belong to libraries truth, to the human mind.
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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We rather confess our moral errors, faults, and crimes than our ignorance.
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All understanding begins in wonder!
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Who longs in solitude to live, Ah! soon his wish will gain: Men hope and love, men get and give, and leave him to his pain.
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