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The One Thing Needed.
Whether the smartest thou art
does not matter, but this is important,
That thou be honest throughout,
both at the council and home.
Die Hauptsache.
Ob du der Klügste seist,
daran ist wenig gelegen;
Aber der Biederste sei,
so wie bei Rathe, zu Haus.
