Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Poet, Playwright, Novelist

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer and statesman, known for his influential works like 'Faust' and his exploration of human emotion and nature.

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Born
August 28, 1749
Died
March 22, 1832
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"Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes."

Inspirational Life Change
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"So, lively brisk old fellow, don't let age get you down. White hairs or not, you can still be a lover."

Friendship Hair White
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"Man can find no better retreat from the world than art, and man can find no stronger link with the world than art."

Art Hipster Men
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"Of the book of books most wondrous is the tender book of love."

Love Book Wondrous
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"The greatest difficulties lie where we are not looking for them."

Motivational Lying Adversity
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"One always has time enough, if one will apply it well."

Time Management Enough
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"I am the spirit that negates. And rightly so, for all that comes to be Deserves to perish wretchedly; 'Twere better nothing would begin. Thus everything that that your terms, sin, Destruction, evil represent— That is my proper element."

Evil Elements Spirit
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"He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy."

Happiness Eulogy Done
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"There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs the purest courtesy in the outward behavior."

Love Spring Heart
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"Talent is nurtured in solitude; character is formed in the stormy billows of the world."

Character Literature World
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"I know nothing more mocking than a devil that despairs."

Devil Despair Knows
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"Our senses don't deceive us: our judgment does"

Judging Doe Judgment
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"To have more, you must first be more."

Military Firsts
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"It is the nature of grace always to fill spaces that have been empty."

Space Grace Empty
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"What is my life if I am no longer useful to others."

Life Literature Ifs
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"Painting and tattooing the body is a return to animalism."

Tattoo Body Return
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"If you wish to advance into the infinite, explore the finite in all directions."

Wish Infinite Exploration
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