Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes


Strike the dog dead, it's but a critic!


Citations

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. The Poems of Goethe. Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring, John W. Lovell Company, 1881, p. 302.

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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.