How many kings are governed by their ministers, how many ministers by …

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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How many kings are governed by their ministers, how many ministers by their secretaries? Who, in such cases, is really the chief? ✨ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2015). The Sorrows of Young Werther: Top Classic of German, p.33, 谷月社
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