It would be a lowly art that allowed itself to be understood all at on…

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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It would be a lowly art that allowed itself to be understood all at once. ✨ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2004). The Man of Fifty, Hesperus Press
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It would be a lowly art that allowed itself to be understood all at once. ✨ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2004). The Man of Fifty, Hesperus Press

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