People are so constituted that everybody would rather undertake what they see others do, whether they have an aptitude for it or not.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Mountains cannot be surmounted except by winding paths.”
“Mountains cannot be surmounted except by winding paths.”
— JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
Writer and polymath · 1749 – 1832
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer, poet, playwright and natural philosopher, regarded as Germany's greatest literary figure. His works include the drama Faust, The Sorrows of Young Werther and Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship.
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