Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Hikmet Nameh, Book of Proverbs.
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The sea is flowing ever, The land retains it never.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on Sea
What It Means
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Source: Wikiquote: "Sea" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations: Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922), pp. 554-57)
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About Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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