About Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German polymath, who is widely regarded as the greatest and most influential writer in the German language. His work has had a profound and wide-ranging influence on Western literary, political, and philosophical thought from the late 18th...
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The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood.
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A poet more than thirty years old is simply an overgrown child.