“To be pleased with one’s limits is a wretched state” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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"To be pleased with one’s limits is a wretched state" – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"To be pleased with one’s limits is a wretched state" – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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