In the beginning was the deed.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“What is the hardest of all? That which seems easiest for your eyes: to see with your eyes what is before your eyes.”
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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