Sep 15, 2004 14:21
19 yrs ago
German term
Linda Diaz
Ein Narr, der nicht will lassen schlendern, was er doch nicht vermag zu andern
Non-PRO
German to English
Art/Literary
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
This phrase is on a German antique Beer Stein that I purchased recently.
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a fool (is) who cannot let go of what is beyond him to change
is the straightforward meaning of it
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
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Dr. Fred Thomson
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
A lawyer, technician, nuclear power optr
Native in: English
Works in: German to English
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He who will not accept the things he cannot change is a fool.!
This is called a Sprichwortand its style is abbreviated. That is why there is no "ist" in the expression, i.e., the "is" is understood.
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Melanie Nassar
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Thanks, Armaat.
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Armorel Young
: and of course it has a nice rhythm to it - can't have things like verbs messing up the metre!
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Right! and thank you.
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lone (X)
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Thank you, Lone
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Thomas Bollmann
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Thanks, Thomas.
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senin
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some background
It's Sebastian Brant (1457 or 1458 - 1521)
The work to which Brant owes his fame is the "Narrenschiff" (Ship of Fools), a long didactic, allegorical poem, in which the follies and vices of the time are satirized. All the fools are loaded in a ship bound for Narragonia, the land of fools. ..
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Note added at 23 mins (2004-09-15 14:45:04 GMT)
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SHIP OF FOOLS– (9. 27): the Narrenschiff, a famous German satirical poem descriptive of the various kinds of fools, by Sebastian Brant; first printed in 1494, translated into English by Alexander Barclay, 1509.
Interesting Beer Stein
The work to which Brant owes his fame is the "Narrenschiff" (Ship of Fools), a long didactic, allegorical poem, in which the follies and vices of the time are satirized. All the fools are loaded in a ship bound for Narragonia, the land of fools. ..
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Note added at 23 mins (2004-09-15 14:45:04 GMT)
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SHIP OF FOOLS– (9. 27): the Narrenschiff, a famous German satirical poem descriptive of the various kinds of fools, by Sebastian Brant; first printed in 1494, translated into English by Alexander Barclay, 1509.
Interesting Beer Stein
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2 hrs
Johanna Timm, PhD
Canada
Canada
Native in German
Canada
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Native in: German (Variants: Swiss, Platt / Nieder (Low German), Austrian, Germany) 
Works in: English to German, German to English, German
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Foolish the mind who thinks up tricks ...
...for problems he will never fix
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