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Dear friend, all theory is gray, And green the golden tree of life.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

More from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  1. Ich bin der Geist der stets verneint.
  2. Die Botschaft hor ich wohl, allein, mir fehlt der Glaube
  3. Two souls alas! dwell in my breast.
  4. Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live.
  5. Am I a god? I see so clearly!
  6. A true German can't stand the French, Yet willingly he drinks their wines.
  7. Da stehe ich nun, ich armer Thor! Und bin so klug als wie zuvor.
  8. He who maintains he's right-if his the gift of tongues- Will have the last word certainly.

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  • philosophy
  • life
  • beauty
  • theory

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