Social Commentaries
As Broad as It's Long
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1853) · From Epigrams
Social Commentaries
MODEST men must needs endure,
And the bold must humbly bow;
Thus thy fate's the same, be sure,
Whether bold or modest thou.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “As Broad as It's Long.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/203/.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “As Broad as It's Long.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/203/.
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