Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Luden, Heinrich (1847). Rückblicke in mein Leben (in German): p. 119.
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Germany is dear to my heart. I have often felt a bitter pain at the thought of the German people, which is so respectable in the individual and so miserable in the collective.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on Germans
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Germany is dear to my heart. I have often felt a bitter pain at the thought of the German people, which is so respectable in the individual and so miserable in the collective." in the context of "Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Luden, Heinrich (1847). Rückblicke in mein Leben (in German): p. 119." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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