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
Any trifle is enough to entertain two lovers.
Daily life is more instructive than the most effective book.
Kindness is the golden thread that holds society together.
Time flies, and what is past is done.
Let him who believes in immortality enjoy his happiness in silence; he has no reason to give himself airs about it.
You are, when all is done-just what you are.
The most fortunate of men, Be he a king or commoner, is he Whose welfare is assured in his own home.
Could we perfect human nature, we might also expect a perfect state of things.
One must be something to be able to do something.
The best benefit we derive from history is the enthusiasm it excites.
It is unpleasant to miss even the most trifling thing to which we have been accustomed.
To make an epoch in the world, two conditions are manifestly essential-a good head and a great inheritance.
People will allow their faults to be shown them; they will let themselves be punished for them; they will patiently endure many things because of them; they only become impatient when they have to lay them aside.
A man's foibles are what makes him lovable.