Friedrich Schiller Quotes
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Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men.
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Die Weltgeschichte ist das Weltgericht.
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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.
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A moment lived in paradiseIs not atoned for too dearly by death.
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Great souls suffer in silence.
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The mountain cannot frighten one who was born on it.
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Mankind is made great or little by its own will.
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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.
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Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful.
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A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled one is truly vanquished.
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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.
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The rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized world.
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To the Gods we ne'er can renderPraise for every good they grant;Let us, with devotion tender,Minister to grief and want.Quenched be hate and wrath forever,Pardoned be our mortal foe- May our tears upbraid him never,No repentance bring him low!
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Truth suffers no loss if a vehement youth fails in finding it, in the same way that virtue and religion suffer no detriment if a criminal denies them.
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A noble heart will always capitulate to reason.
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A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.
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Appearance should never attain reality,And if nature conquers, then must art retire.
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There is room in the smallest cottage for a happy loving pair.
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Even the Strongest Minds Cannot, with impunity, defy the prejudices of the age.
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Wir wollen sein ein einzig Volk von Brüdern, in keiner Not uns trennen und Gefahr. Wir wollen frei sein, wie die Väter waren, eher den Tod, als in der Knechtschaft leben. Wir wollen trauen auf den höchsten Gott und uns nicht fürchten vor der Macht der Menschen.
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It hinders the creative work of the mind if the intellect examines too closely the ideas as they pour in.
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Appearance rules the world.
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It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans.
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Lebe mit deinem Jahrhundert, aber sei nicht sein Geschöpf; leiste deinen Zeitgenossen, aber was sie bedürfen, nicht was sie loben.