Quotation by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

To be sure, we have inherited abilities, but our development we owe to thousands of influences coming from the world around us from which we appropriate what we can and what is suitable to us.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832), German poet, dramatist. Conversations with Eckermann (December 16, 1828).
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