He is the happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“What you have inherited from your fathers, earn it in order to possess it.”
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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