But you shall never bring heart to heart, If it does not come from the heart.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · Faust: Eine Tragödie [erster Teil]

Doch werdet ihr nie Herz zu Herzen schaffen, // Wenn es Euch nicht von Herzen geht.

But you shall never bring heart to heart, If it does not come from the heart.

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · Faust: Eine Tragödie [erster Teil]

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