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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes: Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him.
         

Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him.


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