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
Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.
A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
Nothing is worth more than this day.
Go to foreign countries and you will get to know the good things one possesses at home.
If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of doubts of my own.
One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.
We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm.
We usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest.
Personality is everything in art and poetry.
The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.
Devote each day to the object then in time and every evening will find something done.
Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.