The West–Eastern Divan, translated by Edward Dowden, VI. Book of Maxims, p. 86.
[[File:Ulrike von Levetzow.jpg|thumb|They urged me to those lips, with rapture crown'd,
Deserted me, and hurl'd me to the ground]]
Deserted me, and hurl'd me to the ground]]
“
The folly! Every man in turn would still
His own peculiar notions magnify!
If Islam mean submission to God’s will,
May we all live in Islam, and all die.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The folly! Every man in turn would still
His own peculiar notions magnify!
If Islam mean submission to God’s will,
May we all live in Islam, and all die." in the context of "The West–Eastern Divan, translated by Edward Dowden, VI. Book of Maxims, p. 86.
[[File:Ulrike von Levetzow.jpg|thumb|They urged me to those lips, with rapture crown'd,
Deserted me, and hurl'd me to the ground]]" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Johann Wolfgang von Goethe" (Quotes, West–östlicher Divan (West–Eastern Diwan) (1819/1827))
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