Everywhere, we learn only from those whom we love.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
The work of art may have a moral effect, but to demand moral purpose from the artist is to make him ruin his work.
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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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