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Johann Peter Eckermann Quotes

Wearing spectacles makes men conceited, because spectacles raise them to a degree of sensual perfection which is far above the power of their own nature.

Source:Conversations of Goethe with Eckermann and Soret (1850)
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  • Name: Johann Peter Eckermann
  • Profession: Poet, Writer
  • Born: September 21, 1792 - December 3, 1854
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