Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - There is nothing so terrible...

There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Biography

Author Profession: Poet

Nationality: German

Born: August 28, 1749

Died: March 22, 1832

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Activity, Insight, Nothing, Terrible, Without

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