"Nothing can be compared to the new life that the discovery of another country provides for a thoughtful person. Although I am still the same I believe to have changed to the bones."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer and polymath, widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in German literature. Born in Frankfurt on 1749-08-28, he wrote works including Faust and The Sorrows of Young Werther. He died in Weimar on 1832-03-22.