"Did you think the lion was sleeping because he didn't roar?"

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“On the mountains there is freedom!The world is perfect everywhere,Save where man comes with his torment.”

“Don't let your heart depend on thingsThat ornament life in a fleeting way!He who possesses, let him learn to lose,He who is fortunate, let him learn pain.”

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“Was man nicht aufgibt, hat man nie verloren.”

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