Goethe was once strolling on a narrow path in a park in Weimar. As luck would have it, he met a critic who was hostile toward him. Both men stopped and stared at each other. The critic then declared, "I never make way for a fool." "But I do," replied Goethe, and with that, he stepped aside.
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