Friedrich Schiller Quotes
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They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom.
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A moment lived in paradiseIs not atoned for too dearly by death.
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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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Die Weltgeschichte ist das Weltgericht.
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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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A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled one is truly vanquished.
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Mankind is made great or little by its own will.
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Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful.
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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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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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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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A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.
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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 should never attain reality,And if nature conquers, then must art retire.
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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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Even the Strongest Minds Cannot, with impunity, defy the prejudices of the age.
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Lebe mit deinem Jahrhundert, aber sei nicht sein Geschöpf; leiste deinen Zeitgenossen, aber was sie bedürfen, nicht was sie loben.
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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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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 is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans.
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As noble Art has survived noble nature, so too she marches ahead of it, fashioning and awakening by her inspiration. Before Truth sends her triumphant light into the depths of the heart, imagination catches its rays, and the peaks of humanity will be glowing when humid night still lingers in the valleys.
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Full of wisdom are the ordinations of fate.