Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
Everything in the world may be endured, except only a succession of prosperous days.
[Ger., Alles in der Welt lasst sich ertragen,
Nur nicht eine Reihe von schonen Tagen.]
Citations
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. The Poems of Goethe. Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring, John W. Parker and Son, 1853, p. 183.
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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.