"Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid.“


-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid.

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