Religion
Rhymed Distich 2: This truth may be by all believed
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1853) · From God, Soul, and World
Religion
THIS truth may be by all believed:
Whom God deceives, is well deceived.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Rhymed Distich 2: This truth may be by all believed.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/256/.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Rhymed Distich 2: This truth may be by all believed.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/256/.
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