Lines by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German poet, playwright and scientist · 1749–1832
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wrote poems, novels, plays and studies of colour and plants. He worked on Faust for most of his life and finished the second part shortly before he died.
Whoever strives with all their effort, them we can redeem.
Wer immer strebend sich bemüht, / Den können wir erlösen.
Faust, Part Two, Act V, lines 11936–11937
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