Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes


It's true that nothing in this world makes us so necessary to others as the affection we have for them.


Citations

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. The Sorrows of Young Werther. Translated by R.D. Boylan, Henry G. Bohn, 1854.

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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.