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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It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them
In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm... in the real world all rests on perseverance
Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago
If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words
If you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that you are sick
If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of doubts of my own
If I love you, what does that matter to you!
If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I have guesses enough of my own
If a man or woman is born ten years sooner or later, their whole aspect and performance shall be different
I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me
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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