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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The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything
The human mind will not be confined to any limits
The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the age
The coward only threatens when he is safe
The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves
Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life
Superstition is the poetry of life
Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men
Personality is everything in art and poetry
Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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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."
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Essays