And what does really matter That is easy thinking and doing, doing and thinking -and these are the sum of all wisdom.... Both must move ever onward in life, to and fro, like breathing in and breathing out. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

And what does really matter That is easy thinking and doing, doing and thinking -and these are the sum of all wisdom.... Both must move ever onward in life, to and fro, like breathing in and breathing out.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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