This is a published American version (in hexameter form):
But no law the fugitive knows, save of self-preservation.
I'd go for something a bit closer to the original (also in hexameter form):
Those who are fleeing acknowledge no laws, for it's death they're opposing.
Depends what you want it for, I think.
best wishes,
Ray Ockenden
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From: JISCmail German Studies List [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Brunhild [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 02 April 2011 17:39
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Subject: Goethe Zitat
Hello,
does anyone know the English for the following Johann Wolfgang Goethe quotation (from Hermann und Dorothea): ‘Aber der Flüchtige kennt kein Gesetz; denn er wehrt nur den Tod ab.’
I'd be grateful for any ideas.
Best wishes
Brunhild
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