Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
He who moves not forward, goes backward.
Citations
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. The Maxims and Reflections of Goethe. Translated by Bailey Saunders, Macmillan and Co., 1893, p. 133.
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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.