It is related of an Englishman that he hanged himself to avoid the dai…

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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It is related of an Englishman that he hanged himself to avoid the daily task of dressing and undressing.
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It is related of an Englishman that he hanged himself to avoid the daily task of dressing and undressing.

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