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
There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs the purest courtesy in the outward behavior.
The world remains ever the same.
Nothing is to be rated higher than the value of the day.
Love can do much, but duty more.
I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that shows that what I say is true.
The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be quite commonplace.
Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.
Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.
First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.
The deed is everything, the glory is naught.
We will burn that bridge when we come to it.
Mastery passes often for egotism.
All things are only transitory.
Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.