"Jedem das Seine" is a German proverb meaning "to each his own" or "to each what he deserves." It is a translation of the Latin phrase suum cuique.
After World War II the phrase became notorious for its use as a Nazi slogan displayed at the gate of Buchenwald concentration camp.
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“The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is “What does a woman want?” [Was will das Weib?]”
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