Quotes By Friedrich Schiller

No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart.

Dare to err and to dream. Deep meaning often lies in childish plays.

With stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain.

The history of the world is the world's court of justice.

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

Appearance rules the world.

Man only plays when in the full meaning of the word he is a man, and he is only completely a man when he plays.

The jest loses its point when he who makes it is the first to laugh.

The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.

Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine.

He who considers too much will perform little.

There is room in the smallest cottage for a happy loving pair.

Nothing leads to good that is not natural.

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

Disappointments are to the soul what a thunderstorm is to the air.

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.

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

It is often wise to reveal that which cannot be concealed for long.

Will it, and set to work briskly.

To gain a crown by fighting is great, to reject it divine.

A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled one is truly vanquished.

Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.

Mankind is made great or little by its own will.

Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the great name still lives.

It is easy to give advice from a port of safety.

Worthless is the nation that does not gladly stake its all on its honor.

Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators.

Votes should be weighed not counted.

A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.

Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men's opinions of us, forms our true honor.