Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Country Germany
Born Monday, 05 March 2001
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A German writer, pictorial artist, biologist, theoretical physicist, and polymath. He is considered the supreme genius of modern German literature. His works span the fields of poetry, drama, prose, philosophy, and science. His Faust has been called the greatest long poem of modern European literature. His other well-known literary works include his numerous poems, the Bildungsroman Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship, and the epistolary novel The Sorrows of Young Werther.
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We cannot fashion our children after our desires, we must have them and love them as God has given them to us. Uncategorized
When a wife has a good husband it is easily seen in her face. Uncategorized
There is no past that we can bring back by longing for it. There is only an eternally new now that builds and creates itself out of the Best as the past withdraws. Uncategorized
It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it. Uncategorized
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live. Uncategorized
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live. Uncategorized
None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free. Uncategorized
"Reality leaves a lot to the imagination." Uncategorized
“There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.” Uncategorized
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live. Uncategorized
We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves. Uncategorized
There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste. Uncategorized
So divinely is the world organized that every one of us, in our place and time, is in balance with everything else. Uncategorized
Nothing is worth more than this day. Uncategorized
Nothing is worse than active ignorance. Uncategorized
How can you come to know yourself? Never by thinking, always by doing. Try to do your duty, and you'll know right away what you amount to. Uncategorized
Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must. Uncategorized
Beware of dissipating your powers; strive constantly to concentrate them. Genius thinks it can do whatever it sees others doing, but is sure to repent of every ill-judged outlay. Uncategorized
Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him. Uncategorized
A man can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days. Uncategorized