The Sorrows of Young Werther Quotes

“I do not think of you: you are ever before my soul!”

― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther

topic:lovesoul

“My days are as happy as those reserved by God for his elect; and, whatever be my fate hereafter, I can never say that I have not tasted joy,—the purest joy of life.”

― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther

topic:lifehappinessjoy

“Weary of liberty, he suffered himself to be saddled and bridled, and was ridden to death for his pains.”

― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther

topic:deathfreedompain

“Man needs but little earth for enjoyment, and still less for his final repose.”

― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther

topic:death

“Naturalists tell of a noble race of horses that instinctively open a vein with their teeth, when heated and exhausted by a long course, in order to breathe more freely. I am often tempted to open a vein, to procure for myself everlasting liberty.”

― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther

topic:deathfreedompainsorrowliberty

“God of heaven! and is this the destiny of man? Is he only happy before he has acquired his reason, or after he has lost it?”

― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther

topic:happinessreason

“Must it ever be thus,—that the source of our happiness must also be the fountain of our misery?”

― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther

topic:happinessmisery

“It has ever been my fate to give pain to those whose happiness I should have promoted.”

― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther

topic:happinesspainfate

“All the knowledge I possess every one else can acquire, but my heart is exclusively my own.”

― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther

topic:knowledgeheart

“Every day I observe more and more the folly of judging of others by ourselves; and I have so much trouble with myself, and my own heart is in such constant agitation, that I am well content to let others pursue their own course, if they only...”

― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther

topic:freedomothersjudgement