Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann WolfgangGoethetə/; German: ; 28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German writer and statesman. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of metres and styles; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour; and four novels. In addition, numerous literary and scientific fragments, more than 10,000 letters, and nearly 3,000 drawings by him exist...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth28 August 1749
CountryGermany
Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.
The human mind will not be confined to any limits.
Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.
One always has time enough, if one will apply it well.
Mysteries are not necessarily miracles.
A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.
When ideas fail, words come in very handy.
To create something you must be something.
The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him, everybody sees them.
Every spoken word arouses our self-will.
If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I have guesses enough of my own.
To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.
Age merely shows what children we remain.
I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should.