Goethe
[gur-tuh, German gœ-tuh]
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noun
Jo·hann Wolf·gang von [yoh-hahn vawlf-gahng fuh n] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈvɔlf gɑŋ fən/, 1749–1832, German poet, dramatist, novelist, and philosopher.
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Contemporary Examples of goethe
But does this translate into a reason to ignore the giants of the German canon: Goethe, Mann, Brecht?
Architecture is frozen music, Goethe wrote, and to my mind cities are, too.
Goethe recalled later that he had been first asked his age and been complimented that, at 60, he was “well preserved.”
Historical Examples of goethe
Yet Goethe can talk of Hamlet's "pure and most moral nature."
The Man ShakespeareFrank Harris
The story reads exactly like the story of Goethe and Schiller.
The Man ShakespeareFrank Harris
But perhaps as Goethe has somewhere said, "Experience, after all, is the best teacher."
Night and Morning, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
Here Goethe's little parable, as he calls it, is peculiarly applicable.
A Dish Of OrtsGeorge MacDonald
I fought with Goethe for the redemption of a soul sold to the Devil.
City of Endless NightMilo Hastings
Goethe
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