Everything in the world may be endured except continued prosperity.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“To think is easy. To act is difficult. To act as one thinks is the most difficult of all.”
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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