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Tabulae Votivae (Votive Tablets) (1796), "The Key"; tr. Edgar Alfred Bowring, The Poems of Schiller, Complete (1851)

— Friedrich Schiller

Wouldst thou know thyself, observe the actions of others.
Wouldst thou other men know, look thou within thine own heart.

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/ If you want to know yourself, Just look how others do it; If you want to understand others, Look into your own heart

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