An nescis, mi fili, quantilla prudentia mundus regatur? Phrase
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Meaning:
Mein Sohn, weißt du nicht, mit wie wenig Klugheit die Welt regiert wird?, Mein Sohn, weißt du nicht, mit wie wenig Umsicht die Welt regiert wird?
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Said by Axel Oxenstierna to encourage his son, a delegate to the negotiations that would lead to the Peace of Westphalia, who worried about his ability to hold his own amidst experienced and eminent statesmen and diplomats.
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