[jmacusa]

Goethe observed of his fellow Germans that they were ‘’noble in the individual’’ and ‘’wretched in the collective’’.

[fortes fortuna juvat]

Goethe observed of his fellow Germans that they were ‘’noble in the individual’’ and ‘’wretched in the collective’’.
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Maybe “wretched in the collective” has something to do with the German breweries. But I’ve been to the Ocktoberfest in Munich several times and found that they were fun to hang out with.