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
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being
Treat a man as if he were what he ought to be and you help him become what he is capable of being
Treat a man as he is, he will remain so. Treat a man the way he can be and ought to be, and he will become as he can be and should be.
Traveling is like gambling: it is always connected with winning and losing, and generally where it is least expected we receive, more or less than what we hoped for.
Girls we love for what they are; men for what they promise to be.
If any wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul.
If any man wishes to write a clear style, let him first be clear in his thoughts.
If a man makes continuous efforts, we can save him.
Poetic fire sank low in me When it was God I sought to see, But up it flamed, up to the sky, When it was Evil I had to fly
Only learn to seize good fortune, for good fortune is always here.
Only people unable to produce anything themselves feel there is nothing there.
Someday perhaps the inner light will shine forth from us, and then we'll need no other light
Men show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable.
One ought every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words