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Description
A major work of German romanticism in a translation that is acknowledged as the definitive English language version. The Vintage Classics edition also includes NOVELLA, Goethe's poetic vision of an idyllic pastoral society.
Memorable Quotes
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“There would be far less suffering amongst mankind, if men -- and God knows why they are so fashioned -- did not employ their imaginations so assiduously in recalling the memory of past sorrow, instead of bearing their present lot with equanimity.”
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“You are certainly wrong to compare suicide ... with great accomplishments, since it cannot be considered as anything but a weakness. After all, it is easier to die than to endure a harrowing life with fortitude.”
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“All extraordinary men, who have accomplished great and astonishing actions, have ever been decried by the world as drunken or insane.”
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“Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than even malice and wickedness.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
First Sentence
How glad I am to have come away!
Table of Contents
Authors & Contributors
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Martin Swales
- Burton Pike (Translator)
- W. H. Auden (Translator)
- Elizabeth Mayer (Translator)
- Louise Bogan (Translator)
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