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It is an unfailing maxim, that if policy enjoins an act of violence, its execution must never be entrusted to the violent. (Friedrich Schiller)
The world is narrow, broad the mind- Thoughts dwell easily side by side Things collide violently in space. View quote
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Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men's opinions of us, forms our true honor. View quote
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The dignity of mankind is in your hands; protect it! It sinks with you! With you it will ascend. View quote
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Joy from truth's own glass of fire Sweetly on the searcher smiles; Lest on virtue's steeps he tire, Joy the tedious path beguiles. High on faith's bright hill before us, See her banner proudly wave! Joy, too, swells the angels' chorus,- Bursts the bondage of the grave! View quote
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Live with your century; but do not be its creature. Work for your contemporaries; but create what they need, not what they praise. View quote
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War nourishes war. View quote
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Time is man's angel. View quote
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The future comes slowly, the present flies and the past stands still forever. View quote
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Friends show me what I can do, foes teach me what I should do. View quote
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Historians are prophets with their face turned backward. (Friedrich Schiller)
Where there is much freedom there is much error. View quote
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A beautiful soul has no other merit, but it's existence. View quote
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Freedom exists only with power. View quote
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In a narrow circle the mind grows narrow. The more one expands, the larger their aims. View quote
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No greater grief than to remember days of gladness when sorrow is at hand. View quote
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Measure not by the scale of perfection the meager product of reality. View quote
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The zeal of friends it is that knocks me down, and not the hate of enemies. View quote
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Think with awe on the slow and quiet power of time. View quote
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The Moor has done his work, the Moor may go. View quote
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One can give advice comfortably from a safe port. (Friedrich Schiller)
There are three lessons I would write, - Three words - as with a burning pen, In tracings of eternal light Upon the hearts of men. View quote
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Dare to be wise! Energy and spirit is needed to overcome the obstacles which indolence of nature as well as cowardice of heart oppose to our instruction. View quote
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God rules the hosts of heaven, The habitants of earth. View quote
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Where danger is, there must Johanna be. View quote
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Friedrich Schiller

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Occupation: German Poet
Born: November 10, 1759
Died: May 9, 1805
Quotes count: 186
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