Social Commentaries
Each road to the proper end
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1853) · From Epigrams
Social Commentaries
EACH road to the proper end
Runs straight on, without a bend.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Each road to the proper end.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/208/.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Each road to the proper end.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/208/.
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