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
Nothing will change the fact that I cannot produce the least thing without absolute solitude.
There are situations in which hope and fear run together, in which they mutually destroy one another and lose themselves in dull indifference.
Man can find no better retreat from the world than art, and man can find no stronger link with the world than art.
Ah! my poor brain is racked and crazed, My spirit and senses amazed!
He is happy as well as great who needs neither to obey nor to command in order to be something.
Hope enough to remove all anxious fears concerning the future.
If you want a wise answer, ask a reasonable question.
Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this.
Let no one be like another, yet everyone like the highest. How is this done? Be each one perfect in himself.
The proper place for liberality is in the realm of the emotions.
The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace.
Man errs as long as he strives.
One lives but once in the world.
There is not a single outward mark of courtesy that does not have a deep moral basis.