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Goethe on getting stuck, 2

On January 18, 2021October 9, 2021 By Goethe GlobalIn getting stuck

A state of things in which every day brings
some new aggravation is not the right one.

Ein Zustand, der alle Tage
neuen Verdruß zuzieht,
ist nicht der rechte.

–Maxims and reflections, No. 143
Translation by Goethe Global based on translation by Bailey Saunders.

No. 3982

Goethe on getting stuck, 1

On October 24, 2020March 10, 2021 By Goethe GlobalIn getting stuck

When anything comes to a standstill,
we never know
if it is our own fault,
or that of the matter at hand.

Wenn etwas ins Stocken gerät,
so weiß man immer nicht,
ob die Schuld an uns
oder an der Sache liegt.

-Letter to Zelter, May 7, 1807
Translation by Goethe Global based on translation by A.D. Coleridge.

No. 3145

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