First let a man teach himself, and then he will be taught by others. ✨…

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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First let a man teach himself, and then he will be taught by others. ✨ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2015). Maxims and Reflections, p.173, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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