"Denn zu einem großen Manne gehört beides: Kleinigkeiten als Kleinigkeiten, und wichtige Dinge als wichtige Dinge zu behandeln."
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It is the mark of great people to treat trifles as trifles and important matters as important. — Hamburgische Dramaturgie (1767 - 1769), Vierunddreißigstes Stück Den 25. August 1767
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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
1729 – 1781
deutscher Dichter
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