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Saturday, July 09, 2022
Avoid It
Goethe, Faust, Part II, lines 11745-11748 (tr. Stuart Atkins):
What you find alien,
be sure to avoid it;
what hurts your inward self,
you must reject it.
Was euch nicht angehört,
Müsset ihr meiden,
Was euch das Innre stört,
Dürft ihr nicht leiden.