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The aim of living is life itself.
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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Rest not Life is sweeping by go and dare before you die. Something mighty and sublime, leave behind to conquer time.
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Everyone only hears what he understands.
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Ah! my poor brain is racked and crazed, My spirit and senses amazed!
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It is a mistake for a taciturn, serious-minded woman to marry a jovial man, but not for a serious-minded man to marry a lighthearted woman.
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