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.
Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheWhich government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheOne cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very best.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheHe only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheLife belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheScience arose from poetry... when times change the two can meet again on a higher level as friends.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe