Glib tongues frill up their hash of knowledgefor mankind in polished speechesthat are no more than vaporous windsrustling the fallen leaves in autumn.

What you inherit from your fathermust first be earned before it's yours.

Being full of mischief, they love to listen;they gladly obey, for they like to betray you,pretending to be sent from Heaven,and lisping like angels, while they lie.

When he comes to the doorhe always looks mocking and half-way angry.You can see he has sympathy for nothing.It's written on his foreheadthat he can love no one.

Men grieve [Mephistopheles] so with the days of their lamenting, [he] even hate[s] to plague them with [his] torments.

Ein Teil von jener Kraft, die stets das Böse will und stets das Gute schafft. -Goethe-

I am the spirit of perpetual negation. (Mephistopheles)

CHORUSGird thee for the high endeavor;Shun the crowd’s ignoble ease!Fails the spirit never,Wise to think, and prompt to seize.Goethe, Faust, Part II, act 1, 50–53

Ah! două suflete-s în mine! Cum se zbatÎn piept să nu mai locuiască împreună! Unul de lumestrâns mă ţine, încleştat; cu voluptate, celălaltputernic către cereşti limanuri mă îndrumă.