There is no past we can bring back by longing for it. There is only an eternal now that builds and creates out of the past something new and better. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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There is no past we can bring back by longing for it. There is only an eternal now that builds and creates out of the past something new and better.

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About Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German novelist, dramatist, poet, humanist, scientist, philosopher, and for ten years chief minister of state at Weimar.

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Alternative Names: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe • Goethe • Johann Wolfgang Goethe • Johann Wolfgang von Göthe • Johann Wolfgang Göthe • Göthe
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