Since you know me and my destiny only too well, you probably also know…

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Since you know me and my destiny only too well, you probably also know what attracts me to all unfortunate people. ✨ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Marcelle Clements (2013). The Sorrows of Young Werther and Selected Writings, p.63, Penguin
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Since you know me and my destiny only too well, you probably also know what attracts me to all unfortunate people. ✨ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Marcelle Clements (2013). The Sorrows of Young Werther and Selected Writings, p.63, Penguin

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