Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
28. 8. 1749 –
22. 3. 1832
One of the greatest figures of German culture: a poet, playwright, and thinker made famous by the works Faust and The Sorrows of Young Werther. He significantly influenced Romanticism as well as entire generations of artists. However, he did not confine himself only to literature — he also devoted himself to science, politics, and philosophy. His extraordinary curiosity connected poetry with the natural sciences.
Quotes
- If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money. If you want to know what a man is really like, give him power. ( 167 ×)
- Young people think that money is everything, and when they are older they know it. ( 69 ×)
- He who does not move forward, goes backward. ( 56 ×)
- He who does not move forward, goes backward. ( 55 ×)
- The wise man seeks everything in himself; the ignorant man seeks everything in others. ( 48 ×)
- A man's errors make him lovable. ( 47 ×)
- He who does not rule himself is ruled by others. ( 45 ×)
- He who does not move forward, goes backward. ( 45 ×)
- If you wish to be loved, love. ( 40 ×)
- A wise man seeks what is in himself; a fool, what is not. ( 36 ×)
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