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
In comradeship is danger countered best.
I never believed in trying to do anything. Whatever I set out to do I found I had already accomplished.
So, lively brisk old fellow, don't let age get you down. White hairs or not, you can still be a lover.
He who does not see the whole world in his friends, does not deserve that the world should hear of him.
Certain faults are necessary for the existence of the individual. We would resent it if old friends were to get rid of certain peculiarities.
A joy shared is a joy doubled.
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
This is the true measure of love, When we believe that we alone can love, That no one could ever have loved so before us, And that no one will ever love in the same way after us.
Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks.
The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers & cities; but to know someone who thinks & feels with us, & who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.
To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in spite of distances or thoughts expressed That can make life a garden.
Our friends show us what we can do; our enemies teach us what we must do.
When all is said the greatest action is to limit and isolate one's self.
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.