Famous Quotes / Johann Friedrich von Schiller
100 Quotations by Johann Friedrich von Schiller
- 41. Many a crown shines spotless now that yet was deeply sullied in the winning.
- 42. Measure not by the scale of perfection the meager product of reality.
- 43. No cause has he to say his doom is harsh, who's made the master of his destiny.
- 44. No doubt the artist is the child of his time; but woe to him if he is also its disciple, or even its ...
- 45. No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart.
- 46. No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart.
- 47. Not without a shudder may the human hand reach into the mysterious urn of destiny.
- 48. Nothing leads to good that is not natural.
- 49. Nothing, it is true, is more common than for both Science and Art to pay homage to the spirit of the ...
- 50. Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the gr ...
- 51. One can advise comfortably from a safe port.
- 52. One drop of hatred left in the cup of joy turns the most blissful draught into poison.
- 53. Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficul ...
- 54. Opposition always enflames the enthusiast, never converts him.
- 55. Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful.
- 56. Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators.
- 57. Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.
- 58. Revenge is barren of itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on; its delight is murder, and its end ...
- 59. Speech is always bolder than action.
- 60. That which is so universal as death must be a benefit.