A German polymath: he was a poet, novelist, dramatist, humanist, scientist, theorist and painter.. German writer artist and politician
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Articles about Johann Wolfgang von Goethe or articles that mention Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Here are a few random quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
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Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him. Go to Quote / Comment
It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the fear of the worst continues to haunt him. Go to Quote / Comment
If your treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be. Go to Quote / Comment
I do not know everything; still many things I understand. Go to Quote / Comment
We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have what we wished for. Go to Quote / Comment