Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes


Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.


Citations

von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. The Poems of Goethe. Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring, John W. Lovell Company, 1881.

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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.