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Who always intends to avenge
what people might say negatively about him,
will rarely be free of experiencing envy,
and a ton of bickering.
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A lord will never achieve his goal
when his own people are hostile towards him.
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Whatever great treasure is found by the fool,
it will quickly fall into the hand of the wise one.
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The world strives hard
For goods, smartness, and honor.
I know well that no person of this world
Will ever get enough of those three.
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Some study the stars
And tell us what soon will happen.
But if they were to tell me also something from near-by,
what herbs are growing in their garden,
and if they then tell it correctly,
I will more easily believe the other things.
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He who wants to take care of everything,
will end up with all kinds of worries.
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Many people have numerous friends,
as long as his life runs smoothly,
but among them are very few
Who will stand by him in an emergency.
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We have all been given a false consolation:
we all believe that we will live a long life.
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Around the year 1230, a collection of proverbs and thoughts were put together by a German poet named Freidank. He called the work Bescheidenheit, and it became very popular in the Middle Ages, as it can be found in 197 manuscripts from the period.
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A dense forest suffers little,
then a man collects wood.
That a rich man loses a little,
makes a poor many happy.
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Freidank wrote about a wide variety of topics, offering thoughts or advice. They have been recently translated by Albrecht Classen, who describes the writer this way: βhere we encounter a medieval poet who, certainly a devout Christian, perceptively grasped all the shortcomings in life and dealt ...
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Many believe that they know me
Who have never learned to understand themselves.
If each person were to learn more about himself,
People would rarely lie to each other.
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