An angel! Nonsense! Everybody so describes his mistress; and yet I fin…

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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An angel! Nonsense! Everybody so describes his mistress; and yet I find it impossible to tell you how perfect she is, or why she is so perfect: suffice it to say she has captivated all my senses. ✨ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2015). The Sorrows of Young Werther: Top Classic of German, p.7, 谷月社
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