Matthias Claudius:
(pseudonym Asmus, Reinfeld (Holstein), 15 August 1740 – Hamburg, 21 January 1815)
German poet and journalist, known as a lyric poet with folksy, highly sensitive verse.
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The truth does not conform to us, but we must conform to it.
Don’t say everything you know, but always know what you say.
The greatest honor you can give a person is to trust him.
Take care of your body, but not as if it were your soul.
Don’t crown a world conqueror! Instead, drag him to the high court.
