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The deed is all, the glory nothing. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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The deed is all, the glory nothing.

In the original German

Die Tat ist alles, nichts der Ruhm.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Faust · 1832
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Topic
AccomplishmentGlory
Genre
Tragedy (play)Tragedy
Medium
Play
Time
1832
Person
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Provenance
Current citation
Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Faust: Part 2, translated by David Luke. Oxford University Press, 2008, act 4, sc. 1.
Original citation
Von Goethe, Johann Wofgang. Faust. Der Tragödie zweiter Teil [Faust. The Tragedy's Second Part]. 1832, act 4, sc. 1.

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