Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quote

If a poet would work politically, he must give himself up to a party; and so soon as he does that, he is lost as a poet.


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If a poet would work politically, he must give himself up to a party; and so soon as he does that, he is lost as a poet.

If a poet would work politically, he must give himself up to a party; and so soon as he does that, he is lost as a poet.

If a poet would work politically, he must give himself up to a party; and so soon as he does that, he is lost as a poet.

If a poet would work politically, he must give himself up to a party; and so soon as he does that, he is lost as a poet.