What is the destiny of man, but to fill up the measure of his sufferin…

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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What is the destiny of man, but to fill up the measure of his sufferings, and to drink his allotted cup of bitterness? ✨ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2015). The Sorrows of Young Werther: Top Classic of German, p.45, 谷月社
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What is the destiny of man, but to fill up the measure of his sufferings, and to drink his allotted cup of bitterness? ✨ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2015). The Sorrows of Young Werther: Top Classic of German, p.45, 谷月社

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