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Quotes from Wilhelm Meister's Wanderjahre (Journeyman Years) — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

1749–1832 Germany

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All intelligent thoughts have already been thought;
what is necessary is only to try to think them again.

Wilhelm Meister's Wanderjahre (Journeyman Years) (1821)

My son, whoever wishes to keep a secret, must hide from us that he possesses one. Self complaisance over the concealed destroys its concealment.

Wilhelm Meister's Wanderjahre (Journeyman Years) (1821)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.