Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (August 28, 1749 - March 22, 1832), was born in Frankfurt am Main, as a poet, natural scientist, literary theorist and Political figure, Goethe was the most famous representative of Weimar classicism. As a creator of poetry, drama and prose, he is one of the greatest German writers and an outstanding figure in world literature. In 1773, he wrote a drama "Gertz von Burlichingen", which became famous in the German literary world. In 1774, he published "The Sorrows of Young Werther", which made him famous.

Goethe's famous aphorisms:

1. Perfection is the standard of God, and the desire to achieve perfection is the standard of mankind.

2. I should not attribute all my works to my own wisdom, but also to the thousands of things and people outside me who provide me with materials.

3. Experienced people use two eyes to read. One eye sees the words on the paper, and the other eye sees the back of the paper.

4. Reading a good book is talking to many noble people.

5. It is only a moment that determines a person's life and entire destiny.

6. My property is so beautiful, so vast, so wide. Time is my property, and my field is time.

7. A person with true genius feels the highest degree of happiness in the process of work.

8. As far as women’s talents in other areas are concerned, I often find that once a woman gets married, her talents are over.

9. Hope is the second soul of the unfortunate.

10. Hope is the soul of life, the beacon of the soul, and the guide to success.

11. Hope is the dawn that appears on a stormy night.

12. Death is not a terror to the wise, nor is it the end for the good.

13. No one is stupid, but if you don’t use your brain, you will find that you are stupid!

14. Who is the happiest person? He is a person who can feel the achievements of others and regard the happiness of others as his own happiness.

15. The greatest happiness lies in having our shortcomings corrected and our mistakes remedied.

16. People who can connect the end point and the starting point of their lives are the happiest people.

17. When a fool feels that life is difficult, a wise man seems to have it easy; and when a fool feels that life is easy, a wise man finds it difficult.

18. Isn’t the purpose of life to turn temporary things into permanent ones? To do this, you must know how to cherish the transient and the eternal.

19. Although everyone desires a lot, what they need is very little. Because life is short and human destiny is limited.

20. Anyone who has not eaten bread with tears does not understand the taste of life.

21. Whether life or freedom, you must win it every day, only then can you be qualified to enjoy it.

22. Only such a person deserves life and freedom, if he fights for it every day.

23. As long as a person claims that he is free, he will also feel that he is restricted. If you dare to claim that you are limited, you will feel free.

24. It is a kind of nature to tell others about oneself; therefore, it is a kind of education to take seriously what others tell you about themselves.

25. Wisdom can only be found in truth.

26. We cannot all serve the motherland in the same way. Everyone should do their best according to their talents.

27. Neither wise men nor fools are harmful, but the most dangerous thing is a mixture of wisdom and foolishness.

28. It is terrible for an outstanding person to be appreciated by a group of fools.

29. If a smart person does a stupid thing, it will not be a small stupid thing.

30. Fools always ask questions that wise men have answered thousands of years ago.

31. It is not how correct, powerful or beautiful the language itself is, but the power of the thoughts it embodies.

32. Our life is like traveling. Thought is the tour guide. Without a tour guide, everything will stop. Purpose is lost and strength evaporates.

33. Heresy is the poetry of life, so having heretical thoughts will not harm a poet.

34. It is easier for us to admit mistakes, faults and shortcomings in behavior, but not for errors, faults and shortcomings in thought.

35. People often mix truth and error to teach others, but they insist on errors.

36. What is the most difficult job in the world? Thought. There is nothing worth thinking about that has not been thought about before; all we have to do is try to think about it again.

37. My life is basically just hard work. I can say that in my seventy-five years, I have never lived a truly comfortable life for a month. It is like a stone going up a mountain, and the stone keeps going. The ground rolled down and pushed up again.

38. A person cannot ride two horses. If you ride one horse, you will lose the other horse. A wise person will ignore all requests to distract his energy and concentrate on learning only one subject.

39. Career is the most important thing, reputation is empty words.

40. You must have a strong will, excellent ability and perseverance to achieve your goals. Everything else is all about the details.

41. Gray theories are everywhere, my friend, only the tree of life is evergreen and lush all year round.

42. Believe in life, it teaches people better than any book.

43. People who are good at utilizing time will always find plenty of time.

44. The most valuable thing is the value of every day.

45. Life lies in contradiction and movement. Once the contradiction is eliminated and movement stops, life will end.

46. Ideal? A string of dancing notes plays the movement of youth in our hearts; it ignites the fire in our chests.

47. If you want to value your own value, you must create value for the world.

48. The closer the goal is, the more difficult it will be. I hope everyone can continue to complete their journey along the established goal as peacefully and calmly as a star.

49. It is not enough to take steps towards the ultimate goal that you will finally reach one day. You must also regard each step as a goal and make it work as a step.

50. Anyone who plays games with life will achieve nothing in his life. Anyone who cannot dominate himself will always be a slave.

51. Use time properly! What you need to understand is not to seek the far side.

52. As long as we make good use of time, we will never worry about running out of time.

53. If you want to do a great career, you must start it in your youth.

54. What is the best government? It is to guide us to govern our own government.

55. No matter where a person goes or what career he pursues, he will eventually return to the path pointed by his nature.

56. Career is everything, name is just a false name.

57. The relationship between error and truth is like the relationship between sleep and wakefulness. When a person awakens from error, he moves toward truth with new strength.

58. Struggle is the school for mastering skills, and setbacks are the bridge to the truth.

59. The love for truth is reflected in: knowing how to discover and cherish the benefits of every thing.

60. We must always say the truth repeatedly, because errors are also repeatedly publicized, and it is not just individual people but a large number of people.

61. The key is to have a heart that loves the truth and absorb the truth whenever and wherever you encounter it.

62. Finding out the sporadic truths obtained by predecessors and further developing them is an achievement that deserves to be rewarded.

63. Smart young people think that if they admit the truth that has been recognized by others, they will lose their originality. This is a huge mistake.

64. Truth is a torch, and it is a huge torch, so when we try to walk past it with the fear of being burned by it, even our eyes can't see it. Open.

65. It is much easier to see errors than to discover the truth; because the error is in the open and can be overcome; while the truth is hidden deep and not everyone can discover it.

66. Whoever accepts pure experience and acts according to it has enough truth.

67. True like-minded people cannot quarrel for long; they will always make peace again.

68. As long as you tell me what kind of people you associate with, I can tell who you are.

69. Friendship can only be produced and maintained in practice.

70. Those who know the danger but do not tell it are enemies.

71. People should have a heart that loves the truth and adopts it as soon as they see it.

72. The final conclusion of wisdom is: whether life or freedom, you must win it every day, only then can you be qualified to enjoy it.

73. The history of knowledge is like a great polyphony, in which the voices of all nationalities sound one after another.

74. There are many beautiful and outstanding things in the world, but they are not dependent on each other.

75. Although we can grow up under the protection of parents and relatives, rely on brothers and friends, rely on the support of friends, and gain happiness from loving people, no matter what, in the final analysis, human beings still rely on themselves.

76. How magnificent, vast and far-reaching my heritage is! Time is my property, my land is time.

77. If I save time, I will probably get the most precious diamond.

78. If you can’t do it today, you won’t be able to do it tomorrow. Don't let a day go by in vain. You must make up your mind to grab what is possible and hold it tightly. If you are determined, you will not let it escape, and you must implement it.

79. There are sixty minutes in an hour, which is more than a thousand minutes in a day. Once you understand this truth, you will know how much contribution a person can make.

80. Labor can free us from three major disasters: loneliness, bad habits, and poverty.

81. If you want to rejoice in your meaning, you must give meaning to the world.

82. Anyone who strives for self-improvement will eventually succeed.

83. Fantasy is the wings of poets, and hypothesis is the ladder of scientists.

84. As far as science is concerned, finding out the sporadic truths obtained by predecessors and further developing them is a merit that deserves to be rewarded.

85. There is a long time between today and tomorrow; while you still have energy, learn to do things quickly.

86. A person not only relies on everything he is born with, but also relies on everything he gets from learning to cultivate himself.

87. Experienced people use two eyes to read. One eye sees the words on the paper, and the other eye sees the back of the paper.

88. Whoever has a brain to think will have nothing but feelings in the end.

89. When a great idea comes to the world as a gospel, it will become an offense to the public who are fettered by stereotypes, and in the eyes of those who have read a lot but are not knowledgeable. Come on, it's a stupid thing.

90. There is no politeness that can make people see the lack of upbringing at a glance. The correct education lies in making the appearance of politeness and the person's noble upbringing show at the same time.

91. A person should have good manners to highlight his unique nature. Everyone likes to stand out, but this shouldn't cause others to dislike you.

92. A person's courtesy is a mirror that reflects his portrait.

93. Accepting advice is to enhance one's own abilities.

94. Piety is not an end, but a means. It is the means to achieve the highest cultivation through the purest tranquility of the soul.

95. There is a kind of courtesy that comes from the heart. It is love in a transformed form. From this arises an outward expression of the most appropriate politeness.

96. The so-called true wisdom has been thought about thousands of times by others; but if we want to make them truly our own, we must think about them again and again until they become our own. until it takes root in experience.

97. The body has at least a great impact on creativity. There was a time in Germany when people often imagined genius as a short, thin hunchback. But I'd rather see a physical genius.

98. The first and last thing required by genius is the love of truth.

99. If it is a rose, it will always bloom.

100. We all need to learn something from our predecessors and peers. Even the greatest genius will never achieve much if he tries to rely solely on his unique inner self to deal with everything.

101. Talent can be cultivated in solitude, but character is best formed in the rough waves of the world.

102. It is not a virtue to be willing to be in a lower position; it is a virtue to be able to descend. It is also a virtue to admit that things below us are higher than us.

103. Generosity, especially humility, will win people's favor.

104. Many ideas are produced from certain cultural accomplishments, just like young buds growing on green branches.

105. If you lose your property, you only lose a little; if you lose your honor, you lose a lot; if you lose your courage, you lose everything.

106. The artist has a dual relationship with nature. He is both the master of nature and the slave of nature. He is the slave of nature because he must use materials from the human world to work in order to make people understand; at the same time He is also the master of nature, for he subjects this earthly material to his higher will and serves it.