Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
The day is for mistake and error, sequence of time for success and carrying out. The one who anticipates is master of the day.
Citations
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. Maxims and Reflections. Translated by Thomas Bailey Saunders, Macmillan and Co., 1893, p. 142.
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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.