Know'st thou yesterday, its aim and reason Workst thou will today for worthier things Then calmly wait the morrows hidden season, And fear thou not, what hap soeer it brings. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

Know'st thou yesterday, its aim and reason Workst thou will today for worthier things Then calmly wait the morrows hidden season, And fear thou not, what hap soeer it brings.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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