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Art is long, life short; judgment difficult, opportunity transient.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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  4. A useless life is an early death.
  5. What's it to you if I love you?
  6. One says a lot in vain, refusing; The other mainly hears the 'No.'
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  • art
  • life
  • death
  • legacy
  • opportunity

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