Friedrich Schiller Quotes
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Dare to err and to dream. Deep meaning often lies in childish plays.
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Have faith! where'er thy bark is driven,-'The calm's disport, the tempest's mirth,-Know this! God rules the host of heaven,The inhabitants of earth.
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Self Confidence has always been the parent of great actions.
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Nothing leads to good that is not natural.
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Time is man's angel.
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O tender yearning, sweet hoping!The golden time of first love!The eye sees the open heaven,The heart is intoxicated with bliss;O that the beautiful time of young loveCould remain green forever.
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Will it, and set to work briskly.
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I feel an army in my fist.
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In circumstances where the law of force prevails, where security depends on power alone, the weakest party is naturally the most busy to place itself in a posture of defense.
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There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny.
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He who considers too much will perform little.
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Be embraced, ye millions!This kiss is for the whole world!Brothers, above the arch of starsA loving Father surely dwells.
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Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine.
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Joy, in Nature's wide dominion,Mightiest cause of all is found;And 'tis joy that moves the pinion,When the wheel of time goes round
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The reason passes, like the heart, through certain epochs and transitions, but its development is not so often portrayed. Men seem to have been satisfied with unfolding the passions in their extremes, their aberration, and their results, without considering how closely they are bound up with the intellectual constitution of the individual.
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What are hopes, what are plans?
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Die Weltgeschichte ist das Weltgericht.
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No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart.
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Freedom can occur only through education.
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In thy breast are the stars of thy fate.
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This feat of Tell, the archer, will be toldWhile yonder mountains stand upon their base.By heaven! The apple's cleft right through the core.
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His Armies, weakened by defeat and defeat, dispirited by misfortune, had unlearned - under beaten generals - that warlike impetuosity which as it is the consequence, so it is the guarentee of success.
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They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom.
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Joy, thou spark from Heav'n immortal,Daughter of Elysium!Drunk with fire, toward Heaven advancingGoddess, to thy shrine we come.Thy sweet magic brings togetherWhat stern Custom spreads afar;All men become brothersWhere thy happy wing-beats are.