Is it so big a mystery what god and man and world are? No! … - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Is it so big a mystery what god and man and world are? No! but nobody knows how to solve it so the mystery hangs on.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German novelist, dramatist, poet, humanist, scientist, philosopher, and for ten years chief minister of state at Weimar.

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Alternative Names: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe • Goethe • Johann Wolfgang Goethe • Johann Wolfgang von Göthe • Johann Wolfgang Göthe • Göthe

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Is it so big a mystery what god and man and world are? No! but nobody knows how to solve it so the mystery hangs on. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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