Some people knock about
on the wall with their hammer
and believe that they hit
the nail on the head every time.
Mancher klopft mit dem Hammer
an der Wand herum
und glaubt, er treffe jedesmal
den Nagel auf den Kopf.
-Maxims and reflections, No. 101
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