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Knowledge comes only to those who despise happiness.

— Georg Trakl

Nur dem, der Glück verachtet, wird Erkenntnis.

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Nachlass und Biographie: Gedichte, Briefe, Bilder, Essays‎ (Author: Georg Trakl; editor: Wolfgang Schneditz; publisher: O. Müller, 1949, p. 8)

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