Man errs as long as he strives.
• Prologue in Heaven
• Prologue in Heaven
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Es irrt der Mensch, so lang er strebt.
• Variant translation: Man will err while yet he strives.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Es irrt der Mensch, so lang er strebt.
• Variant translation: Man will err while yet he strives." in the context of "Man errs as long as he strives.
• Prologue in Heaven" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Johann Wolfgang von Goethe" (Quotes, Faust, Part 1 (1808))
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About Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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