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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Age: 82 †
Born: 1749
Born: August 22
Died: 1832
Died: March 22
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Doesn't surprise me that Christ our Lord preferred to live with whores and sinners, seeing I go in for that myself.
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He is dead in this world who has no belief in another.
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Science arose from poetry... when times change the two can meet again on a higher level as friends.
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The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.
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Opponents fancy they refute us when they repeat their own opinion and pay no attention to ours.
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I am fully convinced that the soul is indestructible, and its activity will continue through eternity.
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