Friedrich Schiller Quotes

To save all we must risk all.

3990

Only through Beauty's morning-gate, dost thou penetrate the land of knowledge.

1945

Every true genius is bound to be naive.

4556

So it has reached this pass? Obedience and fear take flight together?

4798

When the mechanic has to mend a watch he lets the wheels run out; but the living watchworks of the state have to be repaired while they act, and a wheel has to be exchanged for another during its revolutions.

4227

Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom.

2053

Let not thy heart cling to the things which for so short a time deck out thy life. Let him who has, learn to lose, and him who is happy, familiarise himself with what may give pain.

1684

Nicht an die Güter hänge dein Herz,
Die das Leben vergänglich zieren!
Wer besitzt, der lerne verlieren,
Wer im Glück ist, der lerne den Schmerz!

2219

If you cannot please everyone with your deeds and your art, please a few. To please many is bad.

1136

The man of courage thinks not of himself. Help the oppressed and put thy trust in God.

4586

Oh how can we, scarce mastering our passions, expect that youth should keep itself in check?

4546

While the gods remained more human, the men were more divine.

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