Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, August 28, 1749
Died March 22, 1832
Quotes:
“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.”
― Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship
“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.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"That is the true season of love, when we believe that we alone can love, that no one could ever have loved so before us, and that no one will love in the same way as us."
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Whenever I hear people talking about "liberal ideas," I am always astounded that men should love to fool themselves with empty sounds. An idea should never be liberal; it must be vigorous, positive, and without loose ends so that it may fulfill its divine mission and be productive. The proper place for liberality is in the realm of the emotions."
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Oh, I envy you!" he cried. "You are still nourished by yesterday's alms, but yesterday's happiness no longer nourishes me."
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Elective Affinities)
"The most original authors are not so because they advance what is new, but because they put what they have to say as if it had never been said before."
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Wishing is not enough; we must do."
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free."
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe"
"What is uttered from the heart alone will win the hearts of others to your own.
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Woe betide those," I said, "who use the power they have over someone's heart to rob it of the simple joys that are in its nature. All the presents and attentions in the world cannot make up for that moment of natural pleasure that the tyrant's envious cruelty has soured."
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (The Sorrows of Young Werther)
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