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There are few things of greater advantage than learning to appreciate the strong points… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

There are few things of greater advantage than learning to appreciate the strong points of your opponents.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Maxims and Reflections, translated by Elizabeth Stopp, edited by Peter Hutchinson. Penguin Books, 2005, no. 396.
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Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Maxim no. 396. c. 1832.

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