Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

We gladly put antiquity above our age but not posterity. Only a father doesn't begrudge his son's talent.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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• We gladly put antiquity above our age but not posterity. Only a father doesn't begrudge his son's talent.

  

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  • Posterity
  • Antiquity