"An nescis, mi filli, quantilla prudentia mundus regatur?"
— Axel Oxenstierna

January 1, 1970

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Politicians from Sweden
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: Do you know, my son, with what little understanding the world is ruled? [To a Portuguese monk who sympathised with the Pope's burden of office]