Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

My counsel is, to force nothing, and rather to trifle and sleep away all unproductive days and hours, than on such days to compose something that will afterwards give no pleasure.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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• My counsel is, to force nothing, and rather to trifle and sleep away all unproductive days and hours, than on such days to compose something that will afterwards give no pleasure.

  

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • Pleasure
  • Counsel
  • Compose