Everywhere, we learn only from those whom we love.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have what we wished for.
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| Birth: | 28th August, 1749 |
| Death: | 22nd March, 1832 |
| Nationality: | German |
| Profession: | Novelist, Playwright, Poet, Politician |
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He was a German poet, novelist, philosopher, playwright, and politician. He wrote several plays include: Götz von Berlichingen, Clavigo, Stella, Iphigenia in Tauris, Egmont, Torquato Tasso, The Citizen General, The Natural Daughter, and Faust. He wrote several poems include: The King in Thule, Welcome and Farewell, Erlkönig, Prometheus, Roman Elegies, Hermann and Dorothea, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, and Marienbad Elegy. He wrote several novels include: The Sorrows of Young Werther, Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship, Elective Affinities, and Wilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years.
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