by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Dümmer ist nichts zu ertragen
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): FRE
Dümmer ist nichts zu ertragen, Als wenn Dumme sagen den Weisen, Daß sie sich in großen Tagen Sollten bescheidentlich erweisen.
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Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, written 1815, appears in West-östlicher Divan, in 6. Buch der Sprüche -- Hikmet Nameh [author's text checked 1 time 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 Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Dümmer ist nichts zu ertragen", 1905, fragment [text not verified]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title unknown, copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2008-12-23
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