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Welche Regierung die beste sei? Diejenige, die uns lehrt, uns selbst zu regieren.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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  3. Create, artist! Do not talk!
  4. Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, And in their pleasure takes joy, even as though 'twere his own. Not in the …
  5. Willst du immer weiterschweifen? Sieh, das Gute liegt so nah. Lerne nur das Gluck ergreifen, denn das Gluck ist immer da.
  6. Without haste, but without rest.
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  8. Mehr licht.

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  • self governance

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