Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Iphigenia auf Tauris, I, 2, 63.
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Ein unnütz Leben ist ein früher Tod. A useless life is an early death.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on Life
What It Means
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Source: Wikiquote: "Life" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations: Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 440-55.)
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About Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
What you can do, or dream you can, begin it,