I by no means owe my works to my own wisdom alone, but to a thousand things and persons… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I by no means owe my works to my own wisdom alone, but to a thousand things and persons around me, who provided me with material.
1832
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Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Conversations of Goethe with Eickermann and Soret, translated by John Oxenford. Da Capo Press, 1998.
Original citation
Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Conversion with Eckermann and Soret. c. 1832.