Bk. II, Ch. 2

One is never satisfied with a portrait of a person that one knows.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "One is never satisfied with a portrait of a person that one knows." in the context of "Bk. II, Ch. 2" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

About Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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