Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

When one is polite in German, one lies.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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• Polite

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• When one is polite in German, one lies.

  

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • Lies
  • German
  • Polite