< The Works of J. W. von Goethe < Volume 9
RULE FOR MONARCHS.
If men are never their thoughts to employ,
Take care to provide them a life full of joy;
But if to some profit and use thou wouldst bend them,
Take care to shear them, and then defend them.
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