by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Language: German (Deutsch)
Wie etwas sei leicht, Weiß, der es erfunden und der es erreicht.
Composition:
- Set to music by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Spruch", WoO 116 (1930)
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in West-östlicher Divan, in 6. Buch der Sprüche -- Hikmet Nameh
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Maxim", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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