Social Commentaries
The Best
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1853) · From Epigrams
Social Commentaries
WHEN head and heart are busy, say,
What better can be found?
Who neither loves nor goes astray,
Were better under ground.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “The Best.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/202/.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “The Best.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/202/.
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