Only the soul that loves is happy. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Only the soul that loves is happy.

In the original German

Glucklich allein ist die Seele, die liebt.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

1788

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Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Egmont: A Tragedy, translated by R. J. Hollingdale. F. Ungar Publishing Co., 1985, act 3, sc. 2.

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Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. "Clarchens Lied [Clara's Song]." Egmont. Leipzig: Georg Joachim Göschen, 1788, act 3, sc. 2.

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