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Hermann Bahr Quotes: Words are not in the power of men; men are in the power of words. Every time we open our mouths, a thousand dead men speak through us.
         

Words are not in the power of men; men are in the power of words. Every time we open our mouths, a thousand dead men speak through us.


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