And here, poor fool! with all my lore
I stand! no wiser than before.
• Night, Faust in His Study
I stand! no wiser than before.
• Night, Faust in His Study
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''Da stehe ich nun, ich armer Thor!
Und bin so klug als wie zuvor.''
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "''Da stehe ich nun, ich armer Thor!
Und bin so klug als wie zuvor.''" in the context of "And here, poor fool! with all my lore
I stand! no wiser than before.
• Night, Faust in His Study" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Johann Wolfgang von Goethe" (Quotes, Faust, Part 1 (1808))
The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed January 18, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app
About Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
What you can do, or dream you can, begin it,