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
I've studied now Philosophy and Jurisprudence, Medicine - and even, alas! Theology - from end to end with labor keen; and here, poor fool with all my lore I stand, no wiser than before.
I've studied now Philosophy and Jurisprudence, Medicine -- and even, alas! Theology -- from end to end with labor keen; and here, poor fool with all my lore I stand, no wiser than before.
It never occurs to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united
It is in the half fools and the half wise that the greatest danger lies.
Poor fool! in whose petty estimation all things are little.
Necessity is cruel, but it is the only test of inward strength. Every fool may live according to his own likings.
And here, poor fool, with all my lore I stand no wiser than before.
Yet here I stand poor fool what more, not one wit wiser than before.
The follies of the wise man are known to himself, but hidden from the world.
Of all thieves, fools are the worst; they rob you of time and temper.
The mind is found most acute and most uneasy in the morning. Uneasiness is, indeed, a species of sagacity - a passive sagacity. Fools are never uneasy.
It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.
When all is said the greatest action is to limit and isolate one's self.
The right man is the one that seizes the moment.