It is a very hard and troublesome thing to dispose of whole, half-, and quarter-mistakes; to sift them and assign the portion of truth to its proper place.
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It is a very hard and troublesome thing to dispose of whole, half-, and quarter-mistakes; to sift them and…
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · English translation by T. Bailey Saunders1906 English translation of GoetheSentence
Maxims and Reflections · Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · T. Bailey Saunders translation · 1906
A maxim in Life and Character in the 1906 edition of T. Bailey Saunders' English translation of Goethe. It is presented as a historically attributed text, not as present-day fact, diagnosis or advice.
Individually reviewed excerpts from Life and Character in the 1906 edition of Saunders' English translation. Unreviewed entries, the preface, other sections and index are excluded. These are historical literary reflections, not contemporary facts or personal advice; attribution to the collection does not guarantee original authorship of every phrase.
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