"Translation: World history is the world's court."

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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.”

“Life is only error,And death is knowledge.”

“Das Leben ist Nur ein Moment, der Tod ist auch nur einer!”

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

“Man kann den Menschen nicht verwehren, Zu denken, was sie wollen.”

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