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Friedrich von Schiller

Friedrich von Schiller

German poet and playwright

Lived from: 1759 - 1805

Category: Writers (Contemporary) | Poets (Contemporary) Country: FlagGermany

Born: 10 november 1759 Died: 9 may 1805

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  • He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times.
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  • Historians are prophets with their face turned backward.
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  • I am better than my reputation.
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  • If you have never seen beauty in a moment of suffering, you have never seen beauty at all. If you have never seen joy in a beautiful face, you have never seen joy at all.
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  • In a narrow circle the mind grows narrow. The more one expands, the larger their aims.
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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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  • It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans.
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  • It is easy to give advice from a port of safety.
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  • It is not flesh and blood, but heart which makes us fathers and sons.
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  • It is often wise to reveal that which cannot be concealed for long.
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  • It is wise to disclose what cannot be concealed.
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  • Keep true to the dreams of your youth.
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  • Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine.
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  • Mankind is made great or little by its own will.
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  • Measure not by the scale of perfection the meager product of reality.
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  • No cause has he to say his doom is harsh, who's made the master of his destiny.
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  • No doubt the artist is the child of his time; but woe to him if he is also its disciple, or even its favorite.
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  • No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart.
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  • Not without a shudder may the human hand reach into the mysterious urn of destiny.
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  • Nothing leads to good that is not natural.
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