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
The solution of every problem is another problem
What one doesn't understand one doesn't possess.
All understanding begins in wonder!
Certain faults are necessary to the individual if he is to exist.
It is much easier to meet with error than to find truth; error is on the surface, and can be more easily met with; truth is hid in great depths, the way to seek does not appear to all the world.
The rogue has everywhere the advantage.
A mind, once formed, is never suited after, One yet in growth will ever grateful be. [Ger., Wer fertig ist, dem ist nichts recht zu machen, Ein Werdender wird immer dankbar sein.]
The errors of the observer come from the qualities of the human mind.
Life's objective is life itself.
There is no remedy but love for the great superiority of others
It is better to be doing the most insignificant thing than to reckon even a half-hour insignificant.
Whoever strenuously endeavors, him we can rescue.
It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them.
Music is either sacred or secular. The sacred agrees with its dignity, and here has its greatest effect on life, an effect that remains the same through all ages and epochs. Secular music should be cheerful throughout.