Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Goethe was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director
| Date of Birth | : | 28 Aug, 1749 |
| Date of Death | : | 22 Mar, 1832 |
| Place of Birth | : | Goethe House, Frankfurt, Germany |
| Profession | : | German Polymath, Writer |
| Nationality | : | Germany |
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German polymath and writer, who is widely regarded as the greatest and most influential writer in the German language. His work has had a profound and wide-ranging influence on Western literary, political, and philosophical thought from the late 18th century to the present day. Goethe was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry and aesthetic criticism, as well as treatises on botany, anatomy, and color.
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One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.
If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.
Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.
I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be.
A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
If you've never eaten while crying you don t know what life tastes like.
