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" Shame upon him who can look on calmly, and exclaim,
‘The foolish girl! she should have waited; she should have
allowed time to wear off the impression; her despair would
have been softened, and she would have found another lover
to comfort her.’ One might as well say, ‘The fool, to die of a
fever! why did he not wait till his strength was restored, till
his blood became calm? all would then have gone well, and
he would have been alive now. "

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , The Sorrows of Young Werther


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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote : Shame upon him who can look on calmly, and exclaim,<br />‘The foolish girl! she should have waited; she should have<br />allowed time to wear off the impression; her despair would<br />have been softened, and she would have found another lover<br />to comfort her.’ One might as well say, ‘The fool, to die of a<br />fever! why did he not wait till his strength was restored, till<br />his blood became calm? all would then have gone well, and<br />he would have been alive now.