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Law is mighty, mightier necessity.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

More from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  1. Alles Gescheite ist schon gedacht worden. Man muss nur versuchen, es noch einmal zu denken.
  2. Once a man's thirty, he's already old, He is indeed as good as dead. It's best to kill him right away.
  3. Blut ist ein ganz besonderer Saft.
  4. What wise or stupid thing can man conceive That was not thought of in ages long ago?
  5. Schon war ich auch, und das war mein Verderben.
  6. I love those who yearn for the impossible.
  7. Meine Ruh' ist hin, Mein Herz ist schwer.
  8. The deed is everything, the glory nothing.

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  • politics
  • law
  • necessity
  • power

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