Alas, I have studied philosophy, the law as well as medicine, and to m…

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Alas, I have studied philosophy, the law as well as medicine, and to my sorrow, theology; studied them well with ardent zeal, yet here I am, a wretched fool, no wiser than I was before. ✨ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (2011). Faust, p.31, Bantam Classics
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Alas, I have studied philosophy, the law as well as medicine, and to my sorrow, theology; studied them well with ardent zeal, yet here I am, a wretched fool, no wiser than I was before. ✨ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (2011). Faust, p.31, Bantam Classics

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