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Idea and experience will never coincide in the center only through art and action are they united.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Age: 82 †
Born: 1749
Born: August 22
Died: 1832
Died: March 22
Aphorist
Art Critic
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Botanist
Composer
Diarist
Diplomat
Jurist
Lawyer
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Literary
Frankfurt/Main
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