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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "Everyone is deceived in his hopes, cheated in his expectations."

Everyone is deceived in his hopes, cheated in his expectations.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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