It is as certain as it is marvelous that truth and error co… - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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It is as certain as it is marvelous that truth and error come from one source. Therefore one often may not injure error, because at the same time one injures truth.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German novelist, dramatist, poet, humanist, scientist, philosopher, and for ten years chief minister of state at Weimar.

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Alternative Names: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe • Q5879 • Goethe • Johann Wolfgang Goethe • Johann Wolfgang von Göthe • Johann Wolfgang Göthe • Göthe

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Es ist nichts schrecklicher als eine tätige Unwissenheit.

If you would create something,
you must be something.

Waste not a day in vain digression;
with resolute, courageous trust
seek every possible impression
and make it firmly your posession
you'll then work on because you must.

It is as certain as it is marvelous that truth and error come from one source. Therefore one often may not injure error, because at the same time one… - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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