"es kann nicht sein, was nicht sein darf" meaning in All languages combined

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        "1": "what must not be, cannot be"
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  "etymology_text": "Literally, “what must not be, cannot be”. From the 1909 poem Die unmögliche Tatsache by Christian Morgenstern.",
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "proverb",
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        "people find it extremely hard to accept facts when they go against their firmly held conviction or are otherwise devastating to them"
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        {
          "word": "weil nicht sein kann, was nicht sein darf"
        }
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        "Christian Morgenstern"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əs ˈkan nɪçt ˌzaɪ̯n vas ˌnɪçt zaɪ̯n ˈdaʁf/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "es kann nicht sein, was nicht sein darf"
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      },
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        "1": "what must not be, cannot be"
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  ],
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    }
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  "word": "es kann nicht sein, was nicht sein darf"
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