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"47 Friedrich Schiller Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 10 November 1759. Died: 9 May 1805 | Poet | Philosopher | Physician | Historian | Playwright |

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.

Criminal Steal Darling Fortune
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The will of man is his happiness.
Happiness Will Man
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Every true genius is bound to be naive.

Every True Genius Bound
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He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times.
Done Best Own-time Lived
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Knowledge, the object of knowledge and the knower are the three factors which motivate action; the senses, the work and the doer comprise the threefold basis of action.

Knowledge Object Factors Motivate
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Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men.
Art Right-hand Nature Made
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He who considers too much will perform little.

Considers Perform Little
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That which is so universal as death must be a benefit.

Universal Death Benefit
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Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful.

Peace Peaceful Denied
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Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men's opinions of us, forms our true honor.
Noble Minded Heart Opinion
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Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.

Dares-nothing Hope
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Nothing leads to good that is not natural.
Good Natural Leads
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It is easy to give advice from a port of safety.

Easy Give Advice Port
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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.

Thing Chance Seem Merest
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Keep true to the dreams of your youth.

Keep Dreams Youth
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Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom.

Grace Beauty Form Influence
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Happy is he who learns to bear what he cannot change.
Happy Learn Bear Change
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Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine.

Lose Far Time Moment
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Full of wisdom are the ordinations of fate.

Full Wisdom Ordination Fate
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There is room in the smallest cottage for a happy loving pair.

Room Smallest Happy Loving-pair
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Worthless is the nation that does not gladly stake its all on its honor.

Nation Worthless Gladly Stake
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Honesty prospers in every condition of life.

Honesty Prospers Condition Life
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Mankind is made great or little by its own will.

Mankind Made Greater Little
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The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.

Voice Majority Proof Justice
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The rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized world.
Rich Richer Poor Poorer
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No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart.

Emperor Power Dictate Heart
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Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.

Power Most Persuasive Rhetoric
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To gain a crown by fighting is great, to reject it divine.

Gain Crown Fighting Great
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It is often wise to reveal that which cannot be concealed for long

Wise Reveal Concealed Long
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To save all we must risk all.
Save We Must Risk
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The world is ruled only by consideration of advantages.

World Ruled Consideration Advantages
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Revenge is barren of itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on; its delight is murder, and its end is despair.

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

Utility Great Powers Talent
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They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom.

Wise Wisdom Already Love
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I am better than my reputation.

Better Reputation
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Great souls suffer in silence.
Great Soul Suffer Silence
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It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans.

Truth Difficult Voice Amid
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The universe is one of God's thoughts.
God Universe Thoughts
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A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled one is truly vanquished.

Merely Enemy Rise Reconciled
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Disappointments are to the soul what a thunderstorm is to the air.

Disappointments Soul Thunderstorm Air
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With stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain

Stupidity Gods Struggle In-vain
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It does not prove a thing to be right because the majority say it is so.

Prove Right Majority
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Freedom can occur only through education.

Freedom Occur Through Education
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As freely as the firmament embraces the world, or the sun pours forth impartially his beams, so mercy must encircle both friend and foe.

Freely Firmament Embraces World
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In the society, where people are just parts in a larger machine, individuals are unable to develop fully.

Soeiety People Parts Larger
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Live with your century; but do not be its creature.

Live Century Creature
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The key to education is the experience of beauty.

Key Education Experience Beauty
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Friedrich Schiller Quotes & Sayings