"Euch gibt es zwei Dinge // So herrlich und groß: // Das glänzende Gold // Und der weibliche Schoß. // Das eine verschaffet, // Das andre verschlingt; // Drum glücklich, wer beide // Zusammen erringt!"
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Paralipomenon 52 (Walpurgisnacht) / Satan
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