Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Iphigenia auf Tauris, I, 2, 63.

Ein unnütz Leben ist ein früher Tod. A useless life is an early death.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on Life

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

About Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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