Boris Pasternak
Poet, Novelist
"The writer is the Faust of modern society, the only surviving individualist in a mass age. To his orthodox contemporaries he seems a semi-madman."
Faust quotes
Faust
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Poet, Playwright, Novelist
"Who are you then?" "I am part of that power which eternally wills evil and eternally works good."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Poet, Playwright, Novelist
"Oh, happy he who still hopes he can emerge from Error's boundless sea! - Faust."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Poet, Playwright, Novelist
"Faust: Who holds the devil, let him hold him well, He hardly will be caught a second time."
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