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"Ich leibe dich, mich reizt deine schöne Gestalt
und bist du nicht willig, so brauch? ich Gewalt."
I love you, I am charmed by your beautiful shape
and if you are not willing, I will use force.

"The Erlking"

"If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise."

"No, I may not presume to be your equal:
While I had the strength to draw you here, the sequel,
The strength to hold you, was denied me.
That fleeting moment of high bliss,
I felt myself so small, so great;
Until you thrust me, merciless,
Back to uncertain human fate.
Who teaches me? What should I shun?
That urge I feel—should I obey?"

Faust, "Faust"

"Take it from me: the slave of introspection
Is like a beast on arid waste
By some foul fiend led round and round,
While, all about, green meadowlands abound."

Mephistopheles, "Faust"

"Congratulations on your new career!"

Mephistopheles to Faust, "Faust"

~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
poet, novelist, playwright, courtier, & natural philosopher (1749—1832)

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