See Besserwisser in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1905, Theodor Fontane, Zeus in Mission:",
"text": "Gewiß, die Deutschen, / Sie taugen auch nicht viel die lieben Schlingel, / Sind Besserwisser, knurrn und querulieren, / Und schreiben Bücher, drin sie mir beweisen: / Es sei nicht viel mit mir; im letzten Grunde / Bestünd’ ich nur durch Compromiß und Gnade.",
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"text": "Gewiß, die Deutschen, / Sie taugen auch nicht viel die lieben Schlingel, / Sind Besserwisser, knurrn und querulieren, / Und schreiben Bücher, drin sie mir beweisen: / Es sei nicht viel mit mir; im letzten Grunde / Bestünd’ ich nur durch Compromiß und Gnade.",
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