Author: von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang
Cites
- Celio Calcagnini (1)
- IN: Theory of Colours (1840) Fiction, German
EPIGRAPH: "Cicero varietatem propriè in coloribus nasci, hinc in alienum migrare existimavit. Certè non alibi natura copiosius aut majore lasciviâ opes suas commendavit. Metalla, gemmas, marmora, flores, astra, omnia denique quæ progenuit suis etiam coloribus distinxit; ut venia debeatur si quis in tam numerosâ rerum sylvâ caligaverit."
FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, Italy
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- Stephen Clarke (1)
- IN: Dial M for Merde (2008) Fiction, British
EPIGRAPH: Faust: 'Give me a week and I could seduce even an innocent young creature like her.'
Mephistopheles: 'You're starting to talk like a Frenchman.'
FROM: Faust, (1790), Play, Germany
- Dolen Perkins-Valdez (1)
- IN: Balm (2015) Fiction, American
EPIGRAPH: For our trust in the healing root or in the strength of the vine, -- what is it else than a belief in thee, from whom all that surrounds us derives its healing and restoring powers.
FROM: The Sorrows of Young Werther, (1774), Novel, Germany