Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes


The finished man, you know, is difficult to please; a growing mind will ever show you gratitude. --Faust 1, lines 182-3


Citations

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. Faust: First Part. Translated by Bayard Taylor, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1870, p. 12.

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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.