Tag: Ostend

J.W.v.G.

oddball 170514

There are glimpses of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe all over Frankfurt, which is to be expected since it is his hometown.  This huge quote on the side of a building in the Ostend is from his early novel – hence the signatur “the young G.” – alluding to the bible verse “Where, o death, is thy sting?” And he signed a letter to his lover in English, a few years later.

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