Wilhelm Von

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    “Coercion may prevent many transgressions; but it robs even actions which are legal of a part of their beauty. Freedom may lead to many transgressions, but it lends even to vices a less ignoble form.”
    —Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt (1767–1835)

    “Once the state has been founded, there can no longer be any heroes. They come on the scene only in uncivilized conditions.”
    —Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831)

    “One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.”
    —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)