Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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