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Faust - Pakt (Will Quadflieg, Gustaf Gründgens)
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<blockquote data-quote="Sovereign" data-source="post: 64280" data-attributes="member: 10"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 26px"><strong>Dialogue between Faust and Mephisto</strong></span></p><p>Mephistopheles: Do I intrude upon thy rest?</p><p>Or would you care to talk?</p><p></p><p>Faust: What I’ve learned through your instruction</p><p>re-asserts again that big and small are only</p><p>the two sides to the one coin;</p><p>and that the elephant—for all his mighty strength—</p><p>is no different, basically, to the tiny flea.</p><p>So still I seek the force, the reason,</p><p>governing life’s flow,</p><p>and not just its external show.</p><p></p><p>Mephistopheles: The governing force? The reason?</p><p>Some things can’t be known;</p><p>they are beyond your reach even when shown.</p><p></p><p>Faust: Why should that be so?</p><p></p><p>Mephistopheles: They lie outside the boundaries</p><p>that words can address;</p><p>and man can only grasp those thoughts</p><p>which language can express.</p><p></p><p>Faust: What? Do you mean that words</p><p>are greater yet than man?</p><p></p><p>Mephistopheles: Indeed they are.</p><p></p><p>Faust: Then what of longing or affection;</p><p>pain or grief?</p><p>I can’t describe these,</p><p>yet I know they’re in my breast!</p><p>What are they?</p><p></p><p>Mephistopheles: Without substance, as mist is.</p><p></p><p>Faust: In that case, man is only air as well!</p><p>Er… [Pauses to look at script]</p><p>What has made me thirst, then,</p><p>To be instructed in those things</p><p>that are more than speech allows?</p><p></p><p>Mephistopheles: Your thirst is artificial,</p><p>fostered by the arrogance in you;</p><p>so look no further</p><p>than all your human brothers do:</p><p>sleep, eat, drink, and let that be sufficient.</p><p></p><p>Faust: Liar and foul traitor!</p><p>Where are the pulse and core of nature</p><p>you promised to reveal? Where?</p><p></p><p>Mephistopheles: Faustus, you lack the wit to see them</p><p>in every blade of grass.</p><p></p><p>Faust: Vile phantom! Lying fiend!</p><p></p><p>Mephistopheles: Faustus-worm!</p><p>Dare you rain curses down on me?</p><p>Now, spite and venom deeper than the sea</p><p>I’ll vent on you.</p><p></p><p>Faust: I’m learning</p><p>the Devil knows no more</p><p>than we poor fools.</p><p></p><p>Mephistopheles: The man who gives his soul</p><p>to Satan for instruction—</p><p>I would agree with you:</p><p>he is a poor fool.</p><p></p><p>Faust: As a guide to higher truths,</p><p>I really cannot recommend you.</p><p>And yet, says my contract,</p><p>signed in blood,</p><p>you still remain</p><p>constrained to serve me!</p><p>Serve me, then.</p><p>I will make use of your deceptive guile</p><p>and your Satanic anger.</p><p></p><p>Mephistopheles: Both will I put at your disposal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sovereign, post: 64280, member: 10"] [CENTER][SIZE=7][B]Dialogue between Faust and Mephisto[/B][/SIZE][/CENTER] Mephistopheles: Do I intrude upon thy rest? Or would you care to talk? Faust: What I’ve learned through your instruction re-asserts again that big and small are only the two sides to the one coin; and that the elephant—for all his mighty strength— is no different, basically, to the tiny flea. So still I seek the force, the reason, governing life’s flow, and not just its external show. Mephistopheles: The governing force? The reason? Some things can’t be known; they are beyond your reach even when shown. Faust: Why should that be so? Mephistopheles: They lie outside the boundaries that words can address; and man can only grasp those thoughts which language can express. Faust: What? Do you mean that words are greater yet than man? Mephistopheles: Indeed they are. Faust: Then what of longing or affection; pain or grief? I can’t describe these, yet I know they’re in my breast! What are they? Mephistopheles: Without substance, as mist is. Faust: In that case, man is only air as well! Er… [Pauses to look at script] What has made me thirst, then, To be instructed in those things that are more than speech allows? Mephistopheles: Your thirst is artificial, fostered by the arrogance in you; so look no further than all your human brothers do: sleep, eat, drink, and let that be sufficient. Faust: Liar and foul traitor! Where are the pulse and core of nature you promised to reveal? Where? Mephistopheles: Faustus, you lack the wit to see them in every blade of grass. Faust: Vile phantom! Lying fiend! Mephistopheles: Faustus-worm! Dare you rain curses down on me? Now, spite and venom deeper than the sea I’ll vent on you. Faust: I’m learning the Devil knows no more than we poor fools. Mephistopheles: The man who gives his soul to Satan for instruction— I would agree with you: he is a poor fool. Faust: As a guide to higher truths, I really cannot recommend you. And yet, says my contract, signed in blood, you still remain constrained to serve me! Serve me, then. I will make use of your deceptive guile and your Satanic anger. Mephistopheles: Both will I put at your disposal. [/QUOTE]
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