“All kings will be reincarnated as lions and employees as flocks of sheep.”
Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author
“In order to be a perfect member of a flock of sheep, one has to be, foremost, a sheep.”
Um ein tadelloses Mitglied einer Schafherde sein zu können, muß man vor allem ein Schaf sein.
The New Quotable Einstein
variant translation from Ideas and Opinions: "In order to form an immaculate member of a flock of sheep one must, above all, be a sheep."
1950s, Essay to Leo Baeck (1953)
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