This inescapable duty to observe oneself if someone else is observing me, naturally I have to observe myself too if none observe me, I have to observe myself all the closer. (Franz Kafka)

This inescapable duty to observe oneself if someone else is observing me, naturally I have to observe myself too if none observe me, I have to observe myself all the closer.

Franz Kafka

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