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What you desire when young, you have in abundance when old.
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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The present is a powerful deity. [Ger., Die Gegenwart ist eine machtige Gottin.]
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