Few have at once both thought and capacity for action. Thought expands, but lames action animates, but narrows. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

Few have at once both thought and capacity for action. Thought expands, but lames action animates, but narrows.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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