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
We always hope, and in all things it is better to hope than to despair.
Yet here I stand poor fool what more, not one wit wiser than before.
What we do not understand we do not possess.
It is sometimes essential for a husband and a wife to quarrel - they get to know each other better.
The effects of good music are not just because it's new; on the contrary music strikes us more the more familiar we are with it.
A leaf that is destined to grow large is full of grooves and wrinkles at the start. Now if one has no patience and wants it smooth offhand like a willow leaf, there is trouble ahead.
Patriotism ruins history.
Treat a person as they are, they will remain so. Treat a person the way that person can be and is capable of being and that person will become as he or she can be and should be.
Nothing is more damaging to the truth than an old error.
Truth is a torch but a tremendous one. That is why we hurry past it, shielding our eyes, indeed, in fear of getting burned.
The soul of the Christian religion is reverence.
Ye great teachers: listen to what you say!
A talent is formed in stillness, a character in the world’s torrent.
Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though t'were his own.