Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, as quoted in My Country Vol. 2, No. 3 (September 1968) by Litchfield Historical Society, p. 23.
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Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on Compassion
What It Means
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About Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
What you can do, or dream you can, begin it,