Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: Man is not born to solve the problem of the universe, but to find out what he has to do; ...

Man is not born to solve the problem of the universe, but to find out what he has to do; and to restrain himself within the limits of his comprehension.

~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ~

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