“To be loved for what one is, is the greatest exception. The great majority love in others only what they lend him, their own selves, their version of him.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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"To be loved for what one is, is the greatest exception. The great majority love in others only what they lend him, their own selves, their version of him." – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"To be loved for what one is, is the greatest exception. The great majority love in others only what they lend him, their own selves, their version of him." – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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