If any wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

If any wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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