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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now.
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Attributed to Goethe by popular British novelist Marie Corelli in her essay "The Spirit of Work" as published in The Queen's Christmas carol : an anthology of poems, stories, essays, drawings and music / by British authors, artists and composers in 1905 by The Daily Mail of London.
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Attributed to Goethe by William Hutchinson Murray, in his book The Scottish Himalayan Expedition (1951), this has been shown to be a misattribution at "German Myth 12: The Famous 'Goethe' Quotation", Answer.com and "Popular Quotes: Commitment", Goethe Society of North America

 
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