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
Stupidity is without anxiety.
Our passions are the true phoenixes; when the old one is burnt out, a new one rises from its ashes.
None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.
There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.
By seeking and blundering we learn.
The way you see people is the way you treat them, and the way you treat them is what they become.
Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time.
Investigate what is, and not what pleases.
People of uncommon abilities generally fall into eccentricities when their sphere of life is not adequate to their abilities.
If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.
Nothing is worth more than this day. You cannot relive yesterday. Tomorrow is still beyond your reach.
We are shaped and fashioned by what we love