Thursday, December 20, 2018

 

If You Can't Say Anything Nice...

Goethe, Faust, Part II, lines 8991-8992 (my translation):
Is scolding then so completely ingrained in you
That you can't move your lip without criticizing?

Ist dir denn so das Schelten gänzlich einverleibt,
daß ohne Tadeln du keine Lippe regen kannst?

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 8:44 AM


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