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" We begged you, Lord, to divide right from wrong
and instead you divided the waters above the firmament
from those beneath it. We begged
for the knowledge of good and evil, and you gave us
all kinds of rules and regulations
like the rules of soccer "

Yehuda Amichai , The Selected Poetry of Yehuda Amichai


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Yehuda Amichai quote : We begged you, Lord, to divide right from wrong<br />and instead you divided the waters above the firmament<br />from those beneath it. We begged<br />for the knowledge of good and evil, and you gave us<br />all kinds of rules and regulations<br />like the rules of soccer