Since the print in the meme above is so small, here is the quote:
The rural population that built this capital city of the Archbishopric of Salzburg, of barely more than 30,000 for its own enjoyment never numbered more than 120,000…. Yet, single-handedly they managed to adorn it with more than 30 magnificent churches, castles, and palaces standing in lilied ponds, and an amplitude of fountains, cafes, and inns. And such was their sophisticated taste that they required a dozen theaters, a choir for every church, and an array of composers for every choir, so that it is not surprising that one of the local boys should have been Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. All this was the result of smallness, achieved with not an iota of foreign aid. And what a rich city they made it into.— Leopold Kohr, The Breakdown of Nations
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