Time is a strange thing. It is a whimsical tyrant, which in every cent…

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Time is a strange thing. It is a whimsical tyrant, which in every century has a different face for all that one says and does. ✨ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Johann Peter Eckermann (2014). Conversations of Goethe with Johann Peter Eckermann, p.80, Ravenio Books
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Time is a strange thing. It is a whimsical tyrant, which in every century has a different face for all that one says and does. ✨ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Johann Peter Eckermann (2014). Conversations of Goethe with Johann Peter Eckermann, p.80, Ravenio Books

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