“O, thou art fairer than the evening air Clad in the beauty of a thousand stars; Brighter art thou than flaming Jupiter… — Christopher Marlowe Copy Share Image
In fine, a life of good or evil, the hope of Heaven or the despair of Hell, Faustus stands as a reminder… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“(Marlowe's) Faustus stubbornly reverts to his atheistic beliefs and continues his elementary pagan re-education ~ the inferno to him is a 'place'… — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
Once I blazed across the sky, Leaving trails of flame; I fell to earth, and here I lie - Who'll help me… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
All literature is a footnote to Faust. I have no idea what I mean by that. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Goethe tells us in his greatest poem that Faust lost the liberty of his soul when he said to the passing moment,… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
“Glib tongues frill up their hash of knowledge for mankind in polished speeches that are no more than vaporous winds rustling the… — Goethe Copy Share Image
There rises the moon, broad and tranquil, through the branches of a walnut tree on a hill opposite. I apostrophize it in… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
In order to cultivate yourself and to drop no lower than the level of the milieu in which you have landed, it… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
Mephistopheles, the machine man, can provide us with all the means, and is thus likely to determine the aims of life as… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
“In fact a favourite problem of [John Tyndall] is—Given the molecular forces in a mutton chop, deduce Hamlet or Faust therefrom. He… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Who are you then?" "I am part of that power which eternally wills evil and eternally works good. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
But Goethe tells us in his greatest poem that Faust lost the liberty of his soul when he said to the passing… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
My favorite record shop was called Recommended Records, in South London near where I lived - they did all the original Faust… — Tim Gane Copy Share Image
“Being full of mischief, they love to listen; they gladly obey, for they like to betray you, pretending to be sent from… — Goethe Copy Share Image
“The courageous testimony of Dr. Faust that a maiden's smile is more precious than history, philosophy, education, religion, law, politics,economics, and all… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
Faust: Who holds the devil, let him hold him well, He hardly will be caught a second time. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Victor Faust did much more than help me escape a life of abuse and servitude. He changed me. He changed the landscape… — J.A. Redmerski Copy Share Image
“Thus, Marlowe posed the silent question: could aspiring Icarus be happy with a toilsome life on land managing a plough with plodding… — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
“No matter what happens now You shouldn’t be afraid Because I know today has been the most perfect day I’ve ever seen.” — Radiohead Copy Share Image
“When he comes to the door he always looks mocking and half-way angry. You can see he has sympathy for nothing. It's… — Goethe Copy Share Image
Faust complained about having two souls in his breast, but I harbor a whole crowd of them and they quarrel. It is… — Otto von Bismarck Copy Share Image
The writer is the Faust of modern society, the only surviving individualist in a mass age. To his orthodox contemporaries he seems… — Boris Pasternak Copy Share Image
“Men grieve [Mephistopheles] so with the days of their lamenting, [he] even hate[s] to plague them with [his] torments.” — Goethe Copy Share Image
