Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust, Act V, scene 6
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Yes! to this thought I hold with firm persistence; The last result of wisdom stamps it true; He only earns his freedom and existence Who daily conquers them anew.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on Freedom
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Source: Wikiquote: "Freedom" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations: Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 294-96.)
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