Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Es ist nichts schrecklicher als eine tätige Unwissenheit.

Es ist nichts schrecklicher als eine tätige Unwissenheit. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Es ist nichts schrecklicher als eine tätige Unwissenheit.

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