WIST Quotations moves again!A quotation from Lessing, Gotthold:
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A bibulous poet downed
his every glass in one;
so warned him his companion
“Stop — that’s enough, son.”
About to lose his balance
He said, “I know my stuff.
It’s one thing to drink too much,
but one never drinks enough.”
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"Answer of a Drunken Poet [Antwort eines trunknen Dichters]," Lieder, Book 1 (1771) [tr. Conlin] - Lessing, Gotthold | WIST Quotations
A bibulous poet downed his every glass in one; so warned him his companion "Stop -- that’s enough, son." About to lose his balance He said, "I know my stuff. It’s one thing to drink too much, but one never drinks enough." [Ein trunkner Dichter leerte Sein Glaß auf jeden…
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