I sing as the bird sings
That lives in the boughs.
• Bk. II, Ch. 11
That lives in the boughs.
• Bk. II, Ch. 11
“
Ich singe, wie der Vogel singt
Der in den Zweigen wohnet.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Ich singe, wie der Vogel singt
Der in den Zweigen wohnet." in the context of "I sing as the bird sings
That lives in the boughs.
• Bk. II, Ch. 11" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Johann Wolfgang von Goethe" (Quotes, Wilhelm Meister's Lehrjahre (Apprenticeship) (1786–1830))
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About Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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