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What they're accustomed to is no great matter, But then, alas! they've read an awful deal.


Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Zitate und Sprüche  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German poet
Quelle: Faust, Vorspiel auf dem Theater (l. 13), (Bayard Taylor's translation)

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Original:  
Zwar sind sie an das Beste nicht gewohnt, Allein sie haben schrecklich viel gelesen.

About the author:  
born * August 28, 1749, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
died † March 22, 1832, Weimar, Germany
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accustomed alas awful but deal great matter read then they're they've what


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