“Sinngedichte II, 4, 90, Vers 7f.”

— Friedrich von Logau

Untranslated
Variant: Sinngedichte III, 3, 81.

Original

Oh Welt, bey deinen Sachen // Ist weinen mehr als lachen.

Menschliches Elende. Aus: Sämmtliche Sinngedichte, II,4,90. Hrsg. von Gustav Eitner, Tübingen 1872 (Bibliothek des literarischen Vereins in Stuttgart, Bd. CXIII). S. 309.
Variant: Oh Welt, bei deinen Sachen
ist Weinen mehr als Lachen.

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German poet 1605–1655

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