Two souls dwell, alas! in my breast.

Zwei Seelen wohnen, ach! in meiner Brust.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Faust

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Topic

Divided self

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Faust

Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Source

Faust

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play) Tragedy

Language

German

Time

1808 1800s 19th century

Occupation

Writer

From

Germany Europe

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Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. "Vor dem Thor [Before the Gate]." Faust. Eine Tragödie [Faust: A Tragedy]. Tübingen: J. G. Cotta’schen Buchhandlung, 1808.

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Exploration Adventure

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Time
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Man was made for joy and woe,
And when this we rightly know
Through the world we safely go.

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Topic
The human condition Wisdom Happiness Sadness

Author

William Blake
Source
Poems from the Pickering Manuscript
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1805 1800s 19th century
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Original Citation

Blake, William. "Auguries of Innocence." Songs of Innocence and Experience, with Other Poems. London: Basil Montagu Pickering, 1866.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "Auguries of Innocence." William Blake: Selected Poems, edited by Nicholas Shrimpton. Oxford University Press, 2019.

Another quote originally in German

Ich bin ein Berliner.

John F. Kennedy

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Topic
Interconnectedness of all people Cold War Foreign policy International politics
Speaker
John F. Kennedy
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
German
Time
1963 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Kennedy, John F. "Ich bin ein Berliner." 26 June 1963, Rathaus Schoneberg, Berlin, Germany.