My guess is that these are paraphrases, either of poems or half-remembered
quotes? This happens quite a lot with Rilke, too!
Jo
Dr J M Catling
German and Comparative Literature
School of Literature and Creative Writing
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
University of East Anglia
Norwich
NR4 7TJ
GB
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>According to the "Digitale Bibliothek" digital edition of
>Goethe's works (in "Deutsche Literatur von Lessing bis
>Kafka"), neither quote can be found anywhere in Goethe's
>texts. My edition is dated 2004.
>
>I'm curious whether it turns out this edition is faulty, or in
>fact these are not quotes from Goethe.
>
>In fact, this CD-ROM also claims that neither quote can be
>found anywhere in its texts of 108 authors "von Lessing bis Kafka."
>
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>On Jul 2, 2008, at 6:11 PM, CUNY german studies wrote:
>
>> In the Fatih Akin film Auf der anderen Seite, the following passages
>> are attributed to Goethe.
>>
>> "Wer wollte schon eine Rose im tiefsten Winter blühen sehen?
>Alles hat
>> doch seine Zeit: Blätter, Knospen, Blüten... Nur der Thor verlangt
>> nach diesem unzeitgemäßen Rausch."
>>
>> "Ich bin gegen Revolutionen, denn es geht genauso viel
>bewährtes Altes
>> kaputt wie gutes Neues geschaffen wird."
>>
>> We'd be grateful for information about the sources from which these
>> passages are cited. Title, edition, and page number would be much
>> appreciated.
>
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