Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Conversation with Friedrich Wilhem Riemer (July, 1817).
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Patriotism ruins history.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on Patriotism
What It Means
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About Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
What you can do, or dream you can, begin it,