Quotemeal: Jan. 3rd, 2024

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

"Talents are best nurtured in solitude: character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world."
— Goethe

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Illustration of Goethe — "Talents are best nurtured in solitude: character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world."

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