Bk. II, Ch. 4
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Let us live in as small a circle as we will, we are either debtors or creditors before we have had time to look round.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Let us live in as small a circle as we will, we are either debtors or creditors before we have had time to look round." in the context of "Bk. II, Ch. 4" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Johann Wolfgang von Goethe" (Quotes, Elective Affinities (1809))
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About Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
What you can do, or dream you can, begin it,