Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Frasi in inglese (pagina 10)
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe era drammaturgo, poeta, saggista, scrittore, pittore, teologo, filosofo, umanista, scienziato, critico d'arte e critico musicale tedesco. Frasi in inglese.“Encourage the beautiful, the useful will take care of itself.”
widely attributed to Goethe without citation from the works of Goethe
Disputed
Last words, as quoted in The Medico-chirurgical Review and Journal of Medical Science, Vol. 24 (1834), p. 501 [He apparently, here, asking for the shutters to be opened to admit more light, nothing more.]
Originale: (de) Mehr Licht!
“I know a little of navigation: / War, trade, and piracy, allow, / As three in one, no separation.”
Origine: Faust, Part 2 (1832), Act V, Scene 3