About Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:
Johann Wolfgang Goethe was a German writer and statesman. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of metres and styles; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour; and four novels. In addition, numerous literary and scientific fragments, more than 10,000 letters, and nearly 3,000 drawings by him are extant. A literary celebrity by the age of 25, Goethe was ennobled by the Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Karl August in 1782 after first taking up residence there in November 1775 following the success of his first novel, The Sorrows of Young Werther. He was an early participant in the Sturm und Drang literary movement. During his first ten years in Weimar, Goethe served as a member of the Duke's privy council, sat on the war and highway commissions, oversaw the reopening of silver mines in nearby Ilmenau, and implemented a series of administrative reforms at the University of Jena. He also contributed to the planning of Weimar's botanical park and the rebuilding of its Ducal Palace, which in 1998 were together designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
We usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThere is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on the point of view.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheDeeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheWhoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheWe don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to them to find out what they are like.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheIf you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that you are sick.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheIf children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe