Social Commentaries
He who with life makes sport
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1853) · From Epigrams
Social Commentaries
HE who with life makes sport,
Can prosper never;
Who rules himself in nought,
Is a slave ever.
MAY each honest effort be
Crown'd with lasting constancy.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “He who with life makes sport.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/207/.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “He who with life makes sport.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/207/.
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