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Mässigkeit

Language: German

Es ist die Mässigkeit die Mutter aller Tugend,
die uns, je minder wir uns gut's tun, gutes tut;
sie lohnt spät, aber wohl: die mässig in der Jugend
gegess'ne Speise schmeckt zuerst im alter Gut.


Input by Poppy Holden

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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Available translations (or transliterations, if applicable):

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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