Agnosticism Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“We are so constituted that we believe the most incredible things; and, once they are engraved upon the memory, woe to him who would endeavor to erase them.” quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — Download Open image

“We are so constituted that we believe the most incredible things; and, once they are engraved upon the memory, woe to him who would endeavor to erase them.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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