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
He alone is great and happy who requires neither to command nor to obey in order to secure his being of some importance in this world
Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us something beyond our wishes.
Certain books seem to be written, not that we might learn from them, but in order that we might see how much the author knows.
He is happy as well as great who needs neither to obey nor to command in order to be something.
Nature goes on her way, and all that to us seems an exception is really according to order.
One must be something, in order to do something.
Method will teach you to win time.
In all things it is better to hope than to despair
Each one sees what he carries in his heart
Everybody wants to get old, but nobody wants to be old
That is the true season of love; when we believe that we alone can love, that no one could ever have loved as much before, and that no one will ever love in the same way again.
Impartiality is the life of justice, as justice is of all good government
Individuality seems to be Nature's whole aim -- and she cares nothing for individuals.
Nothing is more terrible than ignorance in action.