Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes about Character - Page 2
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1963). “Goethe's world view: presented in his reflections and maxims”
Talent is nurtured in solitude; character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.
"Torquato Tasso". Play by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Act 1, Scene 2, 66, 1790.
Talents are nurtured best in solitude, But character on life's tempestuous seas!
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1850). “Dramatic works: Comprising Faust, Iphigenia in Tauris, Torquato Tasso, Egmont. Transl. by Anna Swanwick. And Goetz v. Berlichingen. Transl. by Sir Walter Scott. Carefully rev”, p.227