I'm annotating an essay by Paul Hensel and he quotes Goethe: "talent is formed in solitude, character in the currents and cataracts of the world." I can't seem to find what the source of this quote is.
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In Goethe's 1790 play Torquato Tasso (see also here) the character Leonora speaks (act 1, scene 2) the lines "Es bildet ein Talent sich in der Stille / Sich ein Charakter in dem Strom der Welt". This can also be translated as "Talent is formed in quiet retreat / Character in the headlong rush of life".
answered May 17, 2022 at 17:06
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Travis Berg: if you found this answer helpful to you, please "accept" it by clicking on the icon in the margin. May 19, 2022 at 20:36