Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes


Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks.


Citations

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. Elective Affinities. Translated by James Anthony Froude and R. Dillon Boylan, Henry G. Bohn, 1854, p. 196.

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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.