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He is happy as well as great who needs neither to obey nor to command in order to be something.
-Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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He Is Happy As Well As Great

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
He is happy as well as great who needs neither to obey nor to command in order to be something.
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