“Goats, to the left with you!' the Judge one day will ordain. 'And you, little sheep, stand quietly here on my right!' - Fair enough; but it is to be hoped he will say one thing more, namely: 'As for you, stand right opposite me, you men of sense!”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - “Goats, to the left with...” 1

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