Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Maxims and Reflections (1833), translated by Elisabeth Stopp (Penguin, 1998), Maxim 12.
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The clearest indication of character is what people find laughable.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on Character
What It Means
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About Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
What you can do, or dream you can, begin it,