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Goethe on freedom, 2

On October 8, 2020September 5, 2021 By Goethe GlobalIn freedom

None are more enslaved
than those
who believe they are free
without being so.

Niemand ist mehr Sklave,
als der sich für frei hält,
ohne es zu sein.

-Maxims and Reflections, No. 44
Translation by Goethe Global.

No. 4732

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