I would like to know the famous quote from Goethe's play "Egmont"
where he says something like "And God gave me a mouth to say how I
suffer."  I'd like this in German if possible, but a translation would
be ok too.

Hello milly4515:

Thank you for the interesting and challenging question. 

The quote that you are looking for is:

"Denn wenn der Mensch in seiner Qual verstummt,
Gab mir ein Gott zu sagen, was ich leide."

The last line of this quote can be translated in English as:

"God gave me the gift to say how I suffer."

Perhaps the reason you were having trouble finding the quote is that
it is not from "Egmont", which Goethe published in 1788, but from a
later piece, "Torquato Tasso" from 1790. More specifically, the quote
can be found at (V, 5, 3432-3) in that work.

For more information, and supporting references, please see:

Deutsche Literaturgeschichte in einer Stunde
http://gutenberg.spiegel.de/klabund/literatu/Druckversion_literatu.htm

Torquato Tasso
http://www.staatstheater-braunschweig.de/index.php?id=88&stueck=84

Creativity: An Interview with Margaret Atwood
http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/departs/medieval/saga/pdf/152-heslop.pdf

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832): Selected Works
http://gutenberg.spiegel.de/klabund/literatu/Druckversion_literatu.htm

Search Strategy (on Google):
* Goethe gave suffer
* "how i suffer" goethe
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* "Torquato Tasso" goethe "zu sagen"
* works goethe

I hope this helps. 

Thank you. 

websearcher

Great answer.  Helped me out....plus a paper on creativity that gave
more than I expected.  Thanks very much.

Hi milly4515:

I'm glad that the answer helped you out. :-)

Thank you for the nice rating and the generous tip. 

websearcher