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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic.
* He is widely regarded as the greatest and most influential writer in the German language.
* His work includes plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour.
* Goethe was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on August 28, 1749.
* He died in Weimar, Germany, on March 22, 1832.
* Goethe's most famous work is the play Faust, which is considered one of the greatest works of literature in the world.
* Goethe's work has had a profound and wide-ranging influence on Western literary, political, and philosophical thought.
* He is considered one of the most important figures in the history of Western culture.

This is the true measure of love: when we believe that we alone can love, that no one could ever have loved so before us, and that no one will ever love in the same way after us.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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