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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) was a German writer, poet, and polymath widely regarded as the greatest figure in German literature. His masterwork *Faust* is one of the most important works of European literature. Goethe's influence extended beyond writing into science, philosophy, and visual arts.

“Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Famous

All Quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Great

“The Christian religion, though scattered and abroad will in the end gather itself together at the foot of the cross.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Religion

“Girls we love for what they are young men for what they promise to be.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Love

“The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Art

“It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Life

“All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Knowledge

“A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Great

“Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Beauty

“What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Life

“Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Famous

“What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your own.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Alone

“He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Home

“There is a courtesy of the heart it is allied to love. From its springs the purest courtesy in the outward behavior.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Love

“All intelligent thoughts have already been thought what is necessary is only to try to think them again.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Intelligence

“The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the age.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Age

“An unused life is an early death.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Death

“I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

God

“Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

God

“Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself as he is?”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Strength

“Love does not dominate it cultivates.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Love