Allen Knechtschaffenen An alle Himmel schreib ichs an, die … - Christian Morgenstern

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Allen Knechtschaffenen
An alle Himmel schreib ichs an, die diesen Ball umspannen:
Nicht der Tyrann ist ein schimpflicher Mann,
aber der Knecht des Tyrannen.

Christian Morgenstern

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Christian Morgenstern (May 6, 1871 – March 31, 1914) was a German author.

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Alternative Names: Christian Otto Josef Wolfgang Morgenstern

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For, he reasons pointedly
That which must not, can not be.

None of you knows what creativity means. To paint a picture, to write a poem? No! To recast one’s whole age, to impose upon it the stamp of one’s will, to fill it with beauty, to overwhelm it, to overpower it with one’s spirit.

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Nicht sein kann, was nicht sein darf.

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