EpitaphDen Tigern ertrann ich Die Wanzen nährte ich Aufgefressen wurde ich Von den Mittelmäßigkeiten.

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EpitaphDen Tigern ertrann ichDie Wanzen nährte ichAufgefressen wurde ichVon den Mittelmäßigkeiten. If you’ve been here long enough, you’ve likely seen this epitaph carved in stone in a cemetery somewhere in Germany. It reads: "EpitaphDen Tigern ertrann ichDie Wanzen nährte ichAufgefressen wurde ichVon den Mittelmäßigkeiten." Translated from German, it means: "I was eaten by bugs.” The English translation is: "If you have been here long enough, you have probably seen this epitaph carved in stone somewhere in Germany. It reads: 'EpitaphDen Tigern ertrann ichDie Wanzen nährte ichAufgefressen wurde ichVon den Mittelmäßigkeiten.'" This epitaph is found on the grave of a man who died about 1370, but no one knows his name.

Source: Hundert (100) Gedichte

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