When young, one is confident to be able to build palaces for mankind, but when the time comes one has one's hands full just to be able to remove their trash. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

When young, one is confident to be able to build palaces for mankind, but when the time comes one has one's hands full just to be able to remove their trash.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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