Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes


Certain faults are necessary for the existence of the individual. We would resent it if old friends were to get rid of certain peculiarities.


Citations

von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. The Maxims and Reflections of Goethe. Translated by T. Bailey Saunders, Macmillan and Co., 1893, p. 86.

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • Born: August 28, 1749
  • Died: March 22, 1832
  • Nationality: German
  • Profession: Poet, Novelist, Playwright

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, critic, and amateur artist. His works include: four novels; epic and lyric poetry; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; and treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour. He is considered to be the greatest German literary figure of the modern era.