Heinrich Heine's Quote - It must require an inordinate share of vanity and presumption, too

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It must require an inordinate share of vanity and presumption, too, after enjoying so much that is good and beautiful on earth, to ask the Lord for immortality in addition to it all. – Heinrich Heine

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