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Goethe on what matters, 2

On December 28, 2020December 28, 2020 By Goethe GlobalIn what matters

The deed is all
and naught the fame.

Die Tat ist alles,
nichts der Ruhm.

-Faust II, 10188
Translation by Albert G. Latham.

No. 5000

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