Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

Man's highest merit always is, as much as possible, to rule external circumstances and as little as possible to let himself be ruled by them.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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• Man's highest merit always is, as much as possible, to rule external circumstances and as little as possible to let himself be ruled by them.

  

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • Circumstances
  • Merit
  • Ruled