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Taking Goethe’s Advice

“The Germans really are a strange lot. They make life unnecessarily difficult for themselves by looking for deep thoughts and ideas everywhere and putting them into everything. Just have the courage to give yourself up to first impressions . . . Don’t think all the time that everything must be pointless if it lacks an […]

“The Germans really are a strange lot. They make life unnecessarily difficult for themselves by looking for deep thoughts and ideas everywhere and putting them into everything. Just have the courage to give yourself up to first impressions . . . Don’t think all the time that everything must be pointless if it lacks an abstract thought or idea.” — Goethe

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