Author: J. W. Goethe

Cited by

• Elena Ferrante (1)
  • IN: My Brilliant Friend (2012) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: The Lord: Therein thou'rt free, according to thy merits: The like of thee have never moved My hate. Of all the bold, denying Spirits, The waggish knave least trouble doth create. Man's active nature, flagging, seeks too soon the level; Unqualified repose he learns to crave; Whence, willingly, the comrade him I gave, Who works, excites, and must create, as Devil.
    FROM: Faust, (1790), Play, Germany
• Per Wastberg (1)
  • IN: The Journey of Anders Spareman (2008) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: You wanted first of all to show me your travel journals in correct sequence and in so doing to reduce to order all the papers that belong with them, and with my support and assistance to assemble out of these invaluable but muddled leaves and notebooks a whole which we and others might enjoy.
    FROM: Elective Affinities, (1809), NULL, Germany
• Stephen Clarke (1)
  • IN: The Merde Factor (2012) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: 'Die Erde hat mich wieder' ('The Earth has reclaimed me.')
    FROM: Faust, (1790), NULL, Germany