Friedrich Schiller Quotes
The present age has witnessed an extraordinary increase of a thinking public, by the facilities afforded to the diffusion of reading; the former happy resignation to ignorance begins to make way for a state of half-enlightenment, and few persons are willing to remain in the condition in which their birth has placed then.
Quotes to Explore
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Disappointments are to the soul what a thunderstorm is to the air.
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The strong man is strongest when alone.
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Honesty prospers in every condition of life.
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Art is the daughter of freedom.
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What is life without the radiance of love?
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The jest loses its point when he who makes it is the first to laugh.
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Courage, ne'er by sorrow broken!Aid where tears of virtue flow;Faith to keep each promise spoken!Truth alike to friend and foe!
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Many a crown shines spotless nowThat yet was deeply sullied in the winning.
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Did you think the lion was sleeping because he didn't roar?
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Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain.
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I am better than my reputation.
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Life is only error,And death is knowledge.
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Opposition always inflames the enthusiast, never converts him.
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Whatever is not forbidden is permitted.
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The will of man is his happiness.
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You can't stop people from thinking what they want.
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Pain is short, and joy is eternal.
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He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times.
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The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.
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To save all we must risk all.
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Votes should be weighed not counted.
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In the society, where people are just parts in a larger machine, individuals are unable to develop fully.
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Welcome, all ye myriad creatures!Brethren, take the kiss of love!
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Virtue has her heroes tooAs well as Fame and Fortune.