The Works of J. W. von Goethe/Volume 9/Neither This nor That

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

NEITHER THIS NOR THAT.

If thou to be a slave shouldst will,
Thou'lt get no pity, but fare ill;
And if a master thou wouldst be,
The world will view it angrily;
And if in statu quo thou stay,
That thou art but a fool they'll say.