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Man errs, till he has ceased to strive.

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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[W]hat counts is that one perceives excellence and dares to give it expression, which sounds little but is in fact a great deal.
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The finished man, you know, is difficult to please a growing mind will ever show you gratitude. --Faust 1, lines 182-3
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Hope enough to remove all anxious fears concerning the future.
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