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
Who longs in solitude to live, Ah! soon his wish will gain: Men hope and love, men get and give, and leave him to his pain.
I have so much in me, and the feeling for her absorbs it all; I have so much, and without her it all comes to nothing.
Nature reacts not only to physical disease, but also to moral weakness; when the danger increases; she gives us greater courage
I know nothing more mocking than a devil that despairs.
On the pinnacle of success man does not stand firm long.
Seldom in the business and transactions of ordinary life, do we find the sympathy we want.
Nature understands no jesting. She is always true, always serious, always severe. She is always right, and the errors are always those of man.
People should talk less and draw more. Personally, I would like to renounce speech altogether and, like organic nature, communicate everything I have to say visually.
Men are so constituted that every one undertakes what he sees another successful in, whether he has aptitude for it or not.
All that is noble is in itself of a quiet nature, and appears to sleep until it is aroused and summoned forth by contrast.
Out of moderation a pure happiness springs.
One would give generous alms if one had the eyes to see the beauty of a cupped receiving hand.
Only learn to seize good fortune, for good fortune's always here.
It is only in misery that we recognize the hand of God leading good men to good.