Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Germany
28 Aug 1749 // 22 Mar 1832
Poet / Novelist / Humanist / Scientist / Philosopher
28 Aug 1749 // 22 Mar 1832
Poet / Novelist / Humanist / Scientist / Philosopher
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All things are only transitory
All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green
All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own
All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to think them again
Age merely shows what children we remain
A useless life is an early death
A really great talent finds its happiness in execution
A purpose you impart is no longer your own
A person hears only what they understand
A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
Essays
Essays