Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Campagne in Frankreich (Münster, December 1792). Translation from Josef Pieper, Faith, Hope, Love (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1997 [1986]), p. 251
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Beauty is not so much performance as promise.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on Beauty
What It Means
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About Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
What you can do, or dream you can, begin it,