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A poem by Christian Morgenstern, who would be 154 years old today.

"This goes out to you":

It's for you and me and everyone:

Be more, talk less,

say less, ask less, complain less,

turn the heat inwards more;

keep our tongues in check,

not always repeating the same old

phrases and places,

shy away from phrases and grimaces in everything;

Examine slowly, like to be modest,

avoid all quick prejudices;

suffice ourselves in the indispensable,

Simplify ourselves, reverence ourselves,

one from childhood to old age:

strive to become wise, wise.