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)

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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