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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Who wants to understand...
Who wants to understand the poem Must go to the land of poetry; Who wishes to understand the poet Must go to the poet's land. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

Who wants to understand the poem Must go to the land of poetry; Who wishes to understand the poet Must go to the poet's land.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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