Man is not born to solve the problems of the universe, but to find out what he has to do in order to limit himself to the limits of his comprehension.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Early Modern

Faust, German literature

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Maxims and Reflections

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1833 (posthumous)

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Strange & Unusual

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https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2711/2711-h/2711-h.htm

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