What a wretched sort of deception, when a man so lies to his friends that he dupes himself.
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Ez ist ein armer trügesite,
der vriunden alsô liuget,
daz er sich selben triuget.
— Gottfried von Strassburg
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Ez ist ein armer trügesite,
der vriunden alsô liuget,
daz er sich selben triuget." in the context of "What a wretched sort of deception, when a man so lies to his friends that he dupes himself.
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Source: Wikiquote: "Gottfried von Strassburg" (Quotes, Tristan: Translations here are, unless otherwise stated, taken from A T Hatto's version of Tristan, published by Penguin Books .)
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About Gottfried von Strassburg
Gottfried von Strassburg (died c. 1210) was a German poet known mainly for his unfinished Tristan, a romance based on the Tristan of Thomas of Britain. Gottfried's poem was the main literary source of Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde.
About Gottfried von Strassburg
Gottfried von Strassburg (died c. 1210) was a German poet known mainly for his unfinished Tristan, a romance based on the Tristan of Thomas of Britain. Gottfried's poem was the main literary source of Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde.
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