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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: How can we learn to know ourselves? Never by reflection, but only through…

How can we learn to know ourselves? Never by reflection, but only through action. Essay to do thy duty, and thou knowest at once what is in thee.

In today’s wordsHow can we get to know ourselves? Never by thinking about it, only by acting. Try to do your duty, and you'll know right away what's in you.

Johann Wolfgang von GoetheCommonly attributed
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From the book Quoted in Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources, compiled by James Wood, 1893

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