Wilhelm Von

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    Man is more disposed to domination than freedom; and a structure of dominion not only gladdens the eye of the master who rears and protects it, but even its servants are uplifted by the thought that they are members of a whole, which rises high above the life and strength of single generations.
    —Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt (1767–1835)

    A stroke of the pen is better than a stroke of the sword, no?
    Ernest Pascal, and Walter Lang. Wilhelm (Stanley Andrews)

    Association with women is the basis of good manners.
    —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)