Truth is a torch but a tremendous one. That is why we hurry past it, s…

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Truth is a torch but a tremendous one. That is why we hurry past it, shielding our eyes, indeed, in fear of getting burned. ✨ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1963). Goethe's world view: presented in his reflections and maxims
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