Social Commentaries
The Way to Behave
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1853) · From Epigrams
Social Commentaries
THOUGH tempers are bad and peevish folks swear,
Remember to ruffle thy brows, friend, ne'er;
And let not the fancies of women so fair
E'er serve thy pleasure in life to impair.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “The Way to Behave.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/201/.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “The Way to Behave.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/201/.
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