How can we know ourselves Never by reflection, but only through action. Begin at once to do your duty and immediately you will know what is inside you. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

How can we know ourselves Never by reflection, but only through action. Begin at once to do your duty and immediately you will know what is inside you.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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