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To do nothing by halves is the way of noble spirits.

— Christoph Martin Wieland

Nichts halb zu thun ist edler Geister Art.

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Source: Oberon, Song 5, st. 30 ; translation from A. B. Faust (ed.) Oberon (New York: F. S. Crofts, 1940) p. 326.
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