"Disobedience, in the eyes of any one who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion."
Oscar Wilde

January 1, 1970

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German: "Ungehorsam ist für jeden Geschichtskundigen die eigentliche Tugend des Menschen. Durch Ungehorsam entstand der Fortschritt, durch Ungehorsam und Aufsässigkeit."

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