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
Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself as he is?
Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.
If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.
Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with our feet when it stops.
A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude.
A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss.
The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.
Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be.
It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them.
A clever man commits no minor blunders.
We can't form our children on our own concepts; we must take them and love them as God gives them to us.
Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate.
A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.
Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there is the lowest degree of culture.