Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

Much there is I can stand. Most things not easy to sufferI bear with quiet resolve, just as a God commands it.Only a few things I find as repugnant as snakes and poison.These four: tobacco smoke, bedbugs and garlic and Christ.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • God