If children grew up according to early indications, we should have not…

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses. ✨ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John Oxenford (2013). The Auto-Biography of Goethe: Truth and Poetry: From My Own Life, p.54, Cambridge University Press
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If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses. ✨ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John Oxenford (2013). The Auto-Biography of Goethe: Truth and Poetry: From My Own Life, p.54, Cambridge University Press

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