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Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“There is no greater consolation for mediocrity than that the genius is not immortal.”

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This book compiles a series of maxims and reflections that offer profound wisdom and guidance on a wide range of life issues, including personal growth, ethics, and societal values. more

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, born on August 28, 1749, and died on March 22, 1832, was a prominent German writer, thinker, and scientist. He is one of the greatest writers in German literary history and his works have had a profound impact on the world. His most famous works include 'Faust' and 'The Sorrows of Young Werther'. more

“The longer I live, the more it grieves me to see man, who occupies his supreme place for the very purpose of imposing his will upon nature, and freeing himself and his from an outrageous necessity--to see him taken up with some false notion, and doing just the opposite of what he wants to do; and then, because the whole bent of his mind is spoilt, bungling miserably over everything.”

Men Want Mind Whole Purpose Taken Opposites Notion Supreme Grieving Bent Outrageous Imposing Spoilt

Book:Maxims and Reflections

Source: Maxims and Reflections

“To every one [Nature] appears in a form of his own. She hides herself in a thousand names and terms, and is always the same.”

Form Names Term Nature Thousand

Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Nature! We are surrounded by her and locked in her clasp: powerless to leave her, and powerless to come closer to her. Unasked and unwarned she takes us up into the whirl of her dance, and hurries on with us till we are weary and fall from her arms.”

Fall Nature Arms Locked Weary Powerless

Book:Delphi Works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Illustrated)

“Opponents fancy they refute us when they repeat their own opinion and pay no attention to ours.”