Words are good, but there is something better. The best cannot be expl…

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Words are good, but there is something better. The best cannot be explained by words. The spirit in which we act is the chief matter. Action can only be only understood and represented by the spirit. ✨ Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship: A Novel.
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