3 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes on Writing

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quotes on writing

114. If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul.

148. We lay aside letters never to read them again, and at last we destroy them out of discretion, and so disappears the most beautiful, the most immediate breath of life, irrecoverable for ourselves and for others.

151. When ideas fail, words come in very handy.