All that is noble is in itself of a quiet nature, and appears to sleep until it is aroused and summoned forth by contrast. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

All that is noble is in itself of a quiet nature, and appears to sleep until it is aroused and summoned forth by contrast.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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