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
The master proves himselin recognizing his limitations.
What is not fully understood is not possessed.
The greater the knowledge, the greater the doubt.
While man's desires and aspirations stir he cannot choose but err.
Only law can give us freedom.
Freedom consists not in refusing to recognize anything above us, but in respecting something which is above us; for by respecting it, we raise ourselves to it, and, by our very acknowledgment, prove that we bear within ourselves what is higher, and are worthy to be on a level with it.
The people rate strength before everything.
Flowers are the beautiful hieroglyphics of nature with which she indicates how much she loves us.
People do not mind their faults being spread out before them, but they become impatient if called on to give them up.
Words express neither objects nor ourselves.
The man of understanding finds everything laughable.
So long as you live and work, you will be misunderstood; to that you must resign yourself once and for all. Be silent!
Everyone believes in his youth that the world really began with him, and that all merely exists for his sake.
Clever people are always the best conversations lexicon.