Moderation | Moderation is the mother of all virtue

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Translation © by Poppy Holden

Mässigkeit

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Es ist die Mässigkeit die Mutter aller Tugend,
die uns, je minder wir uns gut's tun, gutes tut;
sie lohnt spät, aber wohl: die mässig in der Jugend
gegess'ne Speise schmeckt zuerst im alter Gut.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767), "Mässigkeit" [
text verified 1 time
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Poppy Holden) , title 1: "Moderation", copyright ©, (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.
Line count: 4
Word count: 35

Moderation

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Moderation is the mother of all virtue, 
who the less we do ourselves good, good does; 
it pays late, but well: if moderation is first eaten in youth, 
the food tastes good in old age.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 4
Word count: 35