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
We cannot possess what we do not understand
Those who know nothing of foreign languages, knows nothing of their own.
Es gibt kein Vergangenes, daß man zurücksehnen dürfte, es gibt nur ein ewig Neues, daß sich aus den erweiterten Elementen des Vergangenen gestaltet; und die echte Sehnsucht muß stets produktiv sein, ein neues Besseres zu schaffen.
Ambition and love are the wings to great deeds.
A man that all the world hates, there must be something about him.
A collection of anecdotes and maxims is the greatest of treasures for the man of the world, for he knows how to intersperse conversation with the former in fit places, and to recollect the latter on proper occasions
A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
It never occurs to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united
For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him, he must regard himself as greater than he is
Then indecision brings its own delays,And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days.Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute;What you can do, or dream you can, begin it;Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
A wife is a gift bestowed upon man to reconcile him to the loss of paradise
The most original authors are not so because they advance what is new, but because they put what they have to say as if it had never been said before
The soul is indestructible and its activity will continue through eternity.
Tell me with whom thou art found, and I will tell thee who thou art