Knowing is not enough; we must apply!Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.”
“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.”
— 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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