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It is better for you to suffer an injustice than for the world to be without law. Therefore, let everyone submit to the law.

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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Botanist
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Jurist
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Frankfurt/Main
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