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
Each ten years of a man's life has its own fortunes, its own hopes, its own desires.
Who is the happiest man? He who is alive to the merit of others, and can rejoice in their enjoyment as if it were his own.
A teacher who can arouse a feeling for one single good action, for one single good poem, accomplishes more than he who fills our memory with rows and rows of natural objects, classified with name and form.
The day is committed to error and floundering; success and achievement are matters of long range.
The older we get the more we must limit ourselves if we wish to be active.
Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.
It is only necessary to grow old to become more charitable and even indulgent. I see no fault committed by others that I have not committed myself.
Rejoice that you have still have a long time to live, before the thought comes to you that there is nothing more in the world to see.
Since Time is not a person we can overtake when he is gone, let us honor him with mirth and cheerfulness of heart while he is passing.
We must not take the faults of our youth with us into old age, for age brings along its own defects.
Great endowments often announce themselves in youth in the form of singularity and awkwardness.
The present moment is a powerful goddess.
The day is of infinite length for him who knows how to appreciate and use it.
Die Zeit ist selbst ein Element. Time is itself an element.