• When we treat man as he is, we make him worse than he is; when we treat him as if he already were what he potentially could be, we make him what he should be.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  German writer and poet 1749-1832
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1. potentially
2. should
3. could

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When we treat man as he is, we make him worse than he is; when we treat him as if he already were what he potentially could be, we make him what he should be. by : Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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