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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

I have, alas! Philosophy, Medicine, Jurisprudence too, And to my cost Theology, With ardent labor, studied through. And here I stand, with all my lore, Poor fool, no wiser than before.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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