Quotes by Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

"One can advise comfortably from a safe port."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on advice   

"It is easy to give advice from a port of safety."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on advice   

"What shall he fear that does not fear death."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on death   

"That which is so universal as death must be a benefit."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on death
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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."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on destiny   

"Not without a shudder may the human hand reach into the mysterious urn of destiny."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on destiny   

"No cause has he to say his doom is harsh, who's made the master of his destiny."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on destiny   

"Keep true to the dreams of your youth."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on dream
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"Votes should be weighed not counted."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on elections   

"Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on endurance
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"Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the great name still lives."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on fame   

"No doubt the artist is the child of his time; but woe to him if he is also its disciple, or even its favorite."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on fashion   

"Full of wisdom are the ordinations of fate."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on fate   

"Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on focus   

"Where there is much freedom there is much error."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on freedom   

"Freedom exists only with power."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on freedom   

"Friends show me what I can do, foes teach me what I should do."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on friends and friendship   

"Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on function   

"The future comes slowly, the present flies and the past stands still forever."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on the future
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"The lamp of genius burns quicker than the lamp of life."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on genius   

"While the womanly god demands our veneration, the godlike woman kindles our love; but while we allow ourselves to melt in the celestial loveliness, the celestial self-sufficiency holds us back in awe."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on god   

"Nothing leads to good that is not natural."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on goodness   

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

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on grace
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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."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on guilt
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"One drop of hatred left in the cup of joy turns the most blissful draught into poison."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on hatred
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"It is not flesh and blood, but heart which makes us fathers and sons."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on art
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"Historians are prophets with their face turned backward."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on history and historians   

"There is room in the smallest cottage for a happy loving pair."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on home   

"Honesty prospers in every condition of life."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on honesty   

"Worthless is the nation that does not gladly stake its all on its honor."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on honor   

"Mankind is made great or little by its own will."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on humankind   

"Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on imitation   

"The jest loses its point when he who makes it is the first to laugh."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on jest   

"The average estimate themselves by what they do, the above average by what they are."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on achievement
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"Appearance rules the world."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on appearance   

"It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on loyalty   

"The voice of the majority is no proof of justice."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on masses
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"Dare to err and to dream. Deep meaning often lies in childish plays."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on life   

"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."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on morality   

"Opposition always enflames the enthusiast, never converts him."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on opposition
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