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What does it mean?
Prague is described as the most beautiful jewel in the world’s stone crown.
In plain terms
Prague is a stunning city.
What can you take from it?
Appreciate places that inspire awe.

Where it applies

  • planning a trip
  • travel writing

Putting it to work

  • visit historic sites
  • capture photographs

Questions to consider

  • What makes a place feel like a 'gem' to you?
  • How does environment affect your mood?

Another view

Beauty is subjective; others may not share this view.

More from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  1. Only when we know little do we know anything; doubt grows with knowledge.

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  2. Reason can never be popular. Passions and feelings may become popular, but reason will always remain the sole property of a few eminent individuals.

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  3. One has only to grow older to become more tolerant. I see no fault that I might not have committed myself.

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