Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Maxims and Reflections, Elisabeth Stopp, trans. (Penguin: 1998) #241
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The man of action is always unprincipled; none but the contemplative has a conscience.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on Principles
What It Means
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About Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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