自分たちは自由なのだと信じて疑わない人々ほど絶望的な奴隷はいない。 - （ヨハン・ヴォルフガング・フォン・）ゲーテ (1749 - 1832): 『親和力』
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None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832): Elective Affinities
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