So gewiß ist der allein glücklich und groß, der weder zu herrschen noch zu gehorchen braucht, um etwas zu sein!
• Alternative translation: So certain is it that he alone is great and happy, who requires neither to command nor to obey, in order to secure his being of some importance in the world.Beautiful thoughts from German and Spanish authors, by C. T. Ramage (1868)

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "So gewiß ist der allein glücklich und groß, der weder zu herrschen noch zu gehorchen braucht, um etwas zu sein!
• Alternative translation: So certain is it that he alone is great and happy, who requires neither to command nor to obey, in order to secure his being of some importance in the world.Beautiful thoughts from German and Spanish authors, by C. T. Ramage (1868)" in the context of "He alone is great and happy who fills his own station of independence, and has neither to command nor to obey.Goethe’s Works, vol. 3, Götz Von Berlichingen (With the Iron Hand)
  • Götz von Berlichingen, Act I (1773), p. 39" to mean that wisdom is timeless.