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If you are convinced of a matter, you must take sides or you don't deserve to succeed.
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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A man's shortcomings are taken from his epoch his virtues and greatness belong to himself.
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Action has magic, grace and power in it.
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All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green.
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