Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust, I. Night. Bayard Taylor's translation.
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I've studied now Philosophy And Jurisprudence, Medicine And even, alas, Theology From end to end with labor keen; And here, poor fool; with all my lore I stand no wiser than before.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on Learning
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I've studied now Philosophy And Jurisprudence, Medicine And even, alas, Theology From end to end with labor keen; And here, poor fool; with all my lore I stand no wiser than before." in the context of "Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust, I. Night. Bayard Taylor's translation." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Learning" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations: Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 434-37.)
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About Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
What you can do, or dream you can, begin it,