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
Time is my estate: to Time I'm heir.
Time itself is an element.
Even the lowliest, provided he is whole, can be happy, and in his own . way, perfect.
Life's objective is life itself.
Let us live, while we are alive!
If you miss the first buttonhole, you will not succeed in buttoning up your coat.
Faith is hidden household capital.
Beware of dissipating your powers; strive constantly to concentrate them.
But one must know where one stands, and where the others wish to go.
Words are mere sound and smoke, dimming the heavenly light.
Architecture is crystallized music.
Do you want to live happily? Travel with two bags, one for giving, the other for receiving.
Everything is simpler than one can imagine, and yet complicated and inter-twined beyond comprehension.
Taste is only to be educated by contemplation, not of the tolerably good but of the truly excellent.