The really unhappy person is the one who leaves undone what they can do, and starts doing what they don't understand; no wonder they come to grief.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.”
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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