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
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.
One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.
The Christian religion, though scattered and abroad will in the end gather itself together at the foot of the cross.
Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.
There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables.
Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
Common sense is the genius of humanity.
Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action.
All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own.
If I love you, what business is it of yours?
All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green.