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The storm is master. Man, as a ball, is tossed twixt winds and billows. [Ger., Der Sturm ist Meister; Wind und Well spielen Ball mit dem Menschen.]


Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller

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A pity about the people! they are brave enough comrades, but they have heads like a soapboiler's. ...
JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Against stupidity the very gods Themselves contend in vain. [Ger., Mit der Dummheit kampfen Go...
JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER If thou art something bring thy soul and interchange with mine. - Johann Christoph Friedrich v...
JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Alas! when duty grows thy law, enjoyment fades away.
JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Deaf rage that hears no leader. [Ger., Dem tauben Grimm, der keinen Fuhrer hort.]
JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER I feel that I am a man of destiny. [Ger., Ich fuhl 's das ich der Mann des Schicksals bin.]
JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER The zeal of friends it is that razes me, And not the hate of enemies. [Ger., Der Freunde Eifer...
JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER The Moor has done his work, the Moor may go. [Ger., Der Mohr hat seine Arbeit gethan, der Mohr kan...
JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Not he who scorns the Saviour's yoke Should wear his cross upon the heart.
JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER The dream is short, repentance long. [Ger., Der Wahn ist kurtz, die Reu ist lang.]
JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER In a narrow circle the mind contracts. Man grows with his expanded needs. [Ger., Im engen Krei...
JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER For every event is a judgment of God. [Ger., Denn aller Ausgang ist ein Gottesurheil.]
JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful.
JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER We are one people and will act as one. [Ger., Wir sind ein Volk, und einig wollen wir handeln.]
JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Be united--united--united. [Ger., Seid einig--einig--einig.]
JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Stern is the visage of necessity. [Ger., Ernst ist der Anblick der Nothwendigkeit.]
JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Joy, in Nature's wide dominion, Mightiest cause of all is found; And 'tis joy that moves the p...
JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER One can advise comfortably from a safe port. [Ger., Vom sichern Port lasst sich's gemachlich rathe...
JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER What the reason of the ant laboriously drags into a heap, the wind of accident will collect in one ...
JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER And this be the vocation fit, For which the founder fashioned it; High, high above earth's lif...
JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Around, around, Companions all, take your ground, And name the bell with joy profound! C...
JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Satisfy a few to please many is bad. [Ger., Mach' es Wenigen recht; vielen gefallen ist schlimm.]
JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER O jealousy! thou magnifier of trifles. [Ger., O der alles vergrossernden Eifersucht.]
JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art...
JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER An imitative creature is man; whoever is foremost, leads the herd. [Ger., Der Mensch ist ein nach...
JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Day's lustrous eyes grow heavy in sweet death.
JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER When kings are building, draymen have something to do. [Ger., Wenn die Konige bau'n, haben die Kar...
JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER To rankling poison hast thou turned in me the milk of human kindness. [Ger., In gahrend Drachengi...
JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER A jest loses its point when the jester laughs himself. [Ger., Des Spass verliert Alles, wenn der S...
JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER This is the spot where I am mortal. [Ger., Hier ist die Stelle wo ich sterblich bin.]
JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER The lively Shadow-World of Song.
JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Song forbids victorious deeds to die.
JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Misery travels free through the whole world! [Ger., Frei geht das Ungluck durch die ganze Erde!]
JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Accursed be he who plays with the devil. [Ger., Verflucht wer mit dem Teufel spielt.]
JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER The worst of me is known, and I can say that I am better than the reputation I bear. [Ger., Das A...
JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Eternity gives nothing back of what one leaves out of the minutes. [Ger., Was man von der Minute ...
JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER A noble heart will always capitulate to reason.
JOHANN FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal a crown. ...
JOHANN FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do diffic...
JOHANN FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators.
JOHANN FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Yes great people are always subject to persecution and always getting into straits.
JOHANN FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.
JOHANN VON SCHILLER Truth exists for the wise, beauty for the feeling heart.
JOHANN VON SCHILLER It is base to filch a purse, daring to embezzle a million, but it is great beyond measure to steal a...
JOHANN VON SCHILLER Man, living, feeling man, is the easy sport of the over-mastering present.
JOHANN VON SCHILLER He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times.
JOHANN VON SCHILLER Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful.
JOHANN VON SCHILLER The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.
JOHANN VON SCHILLER Love therefore
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER The world is ruled only by consideration of advantages.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER To gain a crown by fighting is great, to reject it divine.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Against stupidity the very gods fight in vain.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Dare to be wrong and to dream.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Commemoration of Douglas Downes, Founder of the Society of Saint Francis, 1957 There are three less...
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER The world's history is constant, like the laws of nature, and simple, like the souls of men. The sam...
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Anyone taken as an individual, is tolerably sensible and reasonable- as a member of a crowd, he at o...
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Mankind is made great or little by its own will.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Truth lives on in the midst of deception.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Think with awe on the slow and quiet power of time.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Nothing, it is true, is more common than for both Science and Art to pay homage to the spirit of the...
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Friends show me what I can do, foes teach me what I should do.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER He who considers too much will perform little.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER What shall he fear that does not fear death.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER That which is so universal as death must be a benefit.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Soon is the struggle past, and to the earth,
To the eternal sun, I render back
These atoms, jo...
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Folly, thou conquerest, and I must yield!
Against stupidity the very gods
Themselves contend i...
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Freedom exists only with power.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER The brave person thinks of themselves last of all.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Truth exists for the wise, beauty for the feeling heart.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER If you have never seen beauty in a moment of suffering, you have never seen beauty at all. If you ha...
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Yes great people are always subject to persecution and always getting into straits.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER The greater part of humanity is too much harassed and fatigued by the struggle with want, to rally i...
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER The rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized worl...
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER He cannot complain of a hard sentence, who is made master of his own fate.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Measure not by the scale of perfection the meager product of reality.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Against stupidity, the Gods themselves contend in vain.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER The jest loses its point when he who makes it is the first to laugh.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER One can advise comfortably from a safe port.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER It is easy to give advice from a port of safety.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Keep true to the dreams of your youth.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER He that is over -- cautious will accomplish little.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Speech is always bolder than action.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER We are citizens of an age, as well as of a State; and if it is held to be unseemly, or even inadmiss...
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Opposition always enflames the enthusiast, never converts him.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Dare to err and to dream. Deep meaning often lies in childish plays.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the gr...
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER It is not flesh and blood, but heart which makes us fathers and sons.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER One drop of hatred left in the cup of joy turns the most blissful draught into poison.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER It is criminal to steal a purse,
daring to steal a fortune,
a mark of greatness to steal a cro...
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Worthless is the nation that does not gladly stake its all on its honor.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Honesty prospers in every condition of life.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER There is room in the smallest cottage for a happy loving pair.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Historians are prophets with their face turned backward.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER History, insofar as it accustoms human beings to comprehend the whole of the past and to hasten forw...
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Wise to resolve, patient to perform.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Nothing leads to good that is not natural.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER The lamp of genius burns quicker than the lamp of life.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Stern is the on-look of necessity,
Not without shudder may a human hand
Grasp the mysterious u...
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs from the deepest sourc...
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER No doubt the artist is the child of his time; but woe to him if he is also its disciple, or even its...
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER The future comes slowly, the present flies and the past stands still forever.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Man only plays when in the full meaning of the word he is a man, and he is only completely a man whe...
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER It is often wise to reveal that which cannot be concealed for long.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER To save all we must risk all.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear alle...
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER It is wise to disclose what cannot be concealed.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Revenge is barren of itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on; its delight is murder, and its end...
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER I am better than my reputation.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER A noble heart will always capitulate to reason.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men's opinions of us, forms our true honor.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Disappointments are to the soul what the thunder-storm is to the air
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal a crown. Th...
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Great souls endure in silence.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER What the inner voice says will not disappoint the hoping soul.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER The strong man is strongest when alone.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Opposition inflames the enthusiast, never converts him.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER It does not prove a thing to be right because the majority say it is so.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER The universe is one of God's thoughts.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Even the weak become strong when they are united.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Keep true to the dreams of thy youth.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER All things must; man is the only creature that wills.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER The will of man is his happiness.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Will it, and set to work briskly.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Votes should be weighed not counted.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER The artist is the child of his time; but woe to him if he is also its disciple, or even its favorite...
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Youth covets; let not this covetousness seduce you.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER With stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Only those who have to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easi...
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER The painter is, as to the execution of his work, a mechanic; but as to his conception and spirit and...
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER A healthy nature needs no God or immortality
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER The iron chain and the silken cord are both equally bonds
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled one is truly vanquished.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER The zeal of friends it is that knocks me down, and not the hate of enemies
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Have hope. Though clouds environs now,And gladness hides her face in scorn,Put thou the shadow from ...
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER The great happiness of life, I find, after all, to consist in the regular discharge of some mechanic...
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Philosophers ruin language, poets ruin logic, but with human reasoning alone man will never make it ...
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER It hinders the creative work of the mind if the intellect examines too closely the ideas as they pou...
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER In a narrow circle the mind grows narrow. The more one expands, the larger their aims.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER The jest loses its point when he who makes it is the first to laugh
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Opposition always inflames the enthusiast, never converts him.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Genuine morality is preserved only in the school of adversity; a state of continuous prosperity may ...
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Sorrow is brief but joy is endless
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER The universe is one of God's thoughts
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Against stupidity the very Gods themselves toil in vain
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER He that is overcautious will accomplish little
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER A beautiful soul has no other merit, but it's existence
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Great souls suffer in silence
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER The history of the world is the world's court of justice.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Man, living, feeling man, is the easy sport of the over-mastering present
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER One can give advice comfortably from a safe port
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER No greater grief than to remember days of gladness when sorrow is at hand
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Every true genius is bound to be naive.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Truth lives on in the midst of deception
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER He who considers too much will perform little
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Man only plays when in the full meaning of the word he is a man, and he is only completely a man whe...
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Votes should be weighed, not counted
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Love is the reward of love
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal a crown. Th...
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs from the deepest sourc...
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER Honesty prospers in every condition of life.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER Appearance rules the world.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER Great souls suffer in silence.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER Nothing leads to good that is not natural.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER Will it, and set to work briskly.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER Live with your century; but do not be its creature.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER Aesthetic matters are fundamental for the harmonious development of both society and the individual.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER There is room in the smallest cottage for a happy loving pair.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men's opinions of us, forms our true honor.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER It does not prove a thing to be right because the majority say it is so.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER Dare to err and to dream. Deep meaning often lies in childish plays.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER I feel an army in my fist.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear alle...
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER Keep true to the dreams of your youth.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER The strong man is strongest when alone.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER The history of the world is the world's court of justice.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER I am better than my reputation.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER As freely as the firmament embraces the world, or the sun pours forth impartially his beams, so merc...
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER That which is so universal as death must be a benefit.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER Knowledge, the object of knowledge and the knower are the three factors which motivate action; the s...
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER The universe is one of God's thoughts.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER Full of wisdom are the ordinations of fate.
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