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A man does not mind being blamed for his faults, and being punished for them, and he patiently suffers much for them but he becomes impatient if he is required to give them up.

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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Autobiographer
Botanist
Composer
Diarist
Diplomat
Jurist
Lawyer
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Literary
Frankfurt/Main
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