Knowing is not enough; we must apply!Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.”
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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