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Friedrich Schiller Quotes

Type: Dramatist Quotes Category: German Dramatist Quotes Date of Birth: November 10, 1759 Date of Death: May 9, 1805 Nationality: German Find on Amazon: Friedrich Schiller Related Authors: George Bernard Shaw William Shakespeare Oscar Wilde Pierre Corneille Tennessee Williams Anton Chekhov Zora Neale Hurston

A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast. Friedrich Schiller A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled one is truly vanquished. Friedrich Schiller A noble heart will always capitulate to reason. Friedrich Schiller Aesthetic matters are fundamental for the harmonious development of both society and the individual. Friedrich Schiller Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain. Friedrich Schiller All things must; man is the only creature that wills. Friedrich Schiller Appearance rules the world. Friedrich Schiller Art is the daughter of freedom. Friedrich Schiller Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men. Friedrich Schiller As freely as the firmament embraces the world, or the sun pours forth impartially his beams, so mercy must encircle both friend and foe. Friedrich Schiller Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men's opinions of us, forms our true honor. Friedrich Schiller Dare to err and to dream. Deep meaning often lies in childish plays. Friedrich Schiller Disappointments are to the soul what a thunderstorm is to the air. Friedrich Schiller Every true genius is bound to be naive. Friedrich Schiller Freedom can occur only through education. Friedrich Schiller Full of wisdom are the ordinations of fate. Friedrich Schiller Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom. Friedrich Schiller Great souls suffer in silence. Friedrich Schiller Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change. Friedrich Schiller He who considers too much will perform little. Friedrich Schiller He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times. Friedrich Schiller Honesty prospers in every condition of life. Friedrich Schiller I am better than my reputation. Friedrich Schiller In the society, where people are just parts in a larger machine, individuals are unable to develop fully. Friedrich Schiller It does not prove a thing to be right because the majority say it is so. Friedrich Schiller It hinders the creative work of the mind if the intellect examines too closely the ideas as they pour in. Friedrich Schiller It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal a crown. The blame diminishes as the guilt increases. Friedrich Schiller It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans. Friedrich Schiller It is easy to give advice from a port of safety. Friedrich Schiller It is often wise to reveal that which cannot be concealed for long. Friedrich Schiller Keep true to the dreams of thy youth. Friedrich Schiller Keep true to the dreams of your youth. Friedrich Schiller Knowledge, the object of knowledge and the knower are the three factors which motivate action; the senses, the work and the doer comprise the threefold basis of action. Friedrich Schiller Live with your century; but do not be its creature. Friedrich Schiller Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine. Friedrich Schiller Man only plays when in the full meaning of the word he is a man, and he is only completely a man when he plays. Friedrich Schiller Mankind is made great or little by its own will. Friedrich Schiller No doubt the artist is the child of his time; but woe to him if he is also its disciple, or even its favorite. Friedrich Schiller No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart. Friedrich Schiller Not without a shudder may the human hand reach into the mysterious urn of destiny. Friedrich Schiller Nothing leads to good that is not natural. Friedrich Schiller Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the great name still lives. Friedrich Schiller Opposition always inflames the enthusiast, never converts him. Friedrich Schiller Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful. Friedrich Schiller Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators. Friedrich Schiller Power is the most persuasive rhetoric. Friedrich Schiller Revenge is barren of itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on; its delight is murder, and its end is despair. Friedrich Schiller That which is so universal as death must be a benefit. Friedrich Schiller The greater part of humanity is too much harassed and fatigued by the struggle with want, to rally itself for a new and sterner struggle with error. Friedrich Schiller The history of the world is the world's court of justice. Friedrich Schiller The jest loses its point when he who makes it is the first to laugh. Friedrich Schiller The key to education is the experience of beauty. Friedrich Schiller The rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized world. Friedrich Schiller The strong man is strongest when alone. Friedrich Schiller The universe is one of God's thoughts. Friedrich Schiller The voice of the majority is no proof of justice. Friedrich Schiller The will of man is his happiness. Friedrich Schiller The world is ruled only by consideration of advantages. Friedrich Schiller There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny. Friedrich Schiller There is room in the smallest cottage for a happy loving pair. Friedrich Schiller They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom. Friedrich Schiller To gain a crown by fighting is great, to reject it divine. Friedrich Schiller To save all we must risk all. Friedrich Schiller Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance. Friedrich Schiller Votes should be weighed not counted. Friedrich Schiller Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing. Friedrich Schiller Will it, and set to work briskly. Friedrich Schiller With stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain. Friedrich Schiller Worthless is the nation that does not gladly stake its all on its honor. Friedrich Schiller

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