Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"I had rather be Mercury, the smallest among seven [planets], revolving round the sun, than the first among five [moons] revolving round Saturn."

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Source: Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources by James Wood, p. 166, 1893.

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Poet, Playwright, Novelist

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer and statesman, known for his influential works like 'Faust' and his exploration of human emotion and nature.

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