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Quotes of Johann Friedrich Von Schiller (Usa)
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The brave person thinks of themselves last of all. (courage)
There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny. (destiny)
Not without a shudder may the human hand reach into the mysterious urn of destiny. (destiny)
What shall he fear that does not fear death. (death and dying)
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He cannot complain of a hard sentence, who is made master of his own fate. (complaints and compl)
This is the curse of an evil deed, that it incites and must bring forth more evil. (curses)
That which is so universal as death must be a benefit. (death and dying)
Keep true to the dreams of your youth. (dreams)
He that is over -- cautious will accomplish little. (caution)
Votes should be weighed not counted. (elections)
We are citizens of an age, as well as of a State; and if it is held to be unseemly, or even inadmissible, for a man to cut himself off from the customs and manners of the circle in which he lives, why should it be less of a duty, in the choice of his activity, to submit his decision to the needs and the taste of his century? (conformity)
Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change. (endurance)
Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the great name still lives. (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. (fashion)
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. (guilt)
Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine. (focus)
Full of wisdom are the ordinations of fate. (fate)
There is room in the smallest cottage for a happy loving pair. (home)
Where there is much freedom there is much error. (freedom)
The lamp of genius burns quicker than the lamp of life. (genius)
It is not flesh and blood, but heart which makes us fathers and sons. (heart)
Historians are prophets with their face turned backward. (history and historia)
Freedom exists only with power. (freedom)
The future comes slowly, the present flies and the past stands still forever. (future)
Friends show me what I can do, foes teach me what I should do. (friends and friendsh)
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Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von | [2] | [3]
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