He alone is great and happy who fills his own station of independence, and has neither to command nor to obey.
So gewiß ist der allein glücklich und groß, der weder zu herrschen noch zu gehorchen braucht, um etwas zu sein!
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Götz von Berlichingen, Act I (1773), p. 39
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So certain is it that he alone is great and happy, who requires neither to command nor to obey, in order to secure his being of some importance in the world.