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One never goes so far as when one doesn't know where one is going. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Letter

One never goes so far as when one doesn't know where one is going.

In the original German

Der beste Reiseplan wird durch einen albernen Zufall gestört, und man geht nie weiter, als wenn man nicht weiß, wohin man geht.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1812
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Letter
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1812
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Letter to Carl Friedrich Zelter. 3 Nov. 1812.

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