Friedrich Schiller on dignity
Friedrich Schiller317 quotes“The dignity of man into your hands is given; Oh, keep it well, with you it sinks or lifts itself to heaven.”
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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.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller Men show no mercy and expect no mercy, when honor calls, or when they fight for their idols or their gods.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller Virtue has her heroes too As well as Fame and Fortune.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller He, that noble prize possessing He that boasts a friend that’s true, He whom woman’s love is blessing, Let him join the chorus too!
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller Where there is much freedom there is much error.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller Virtue, though clothed in a beggar’s garb, commands respect.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller Art is the right hand of Nature.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller A brave man hazards life, but not his conscience.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller He who never ventures beyond actuality will never win the prize of truth.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller O’er Ocean, with a thousand masts, sails forth the stripling bold- One boat, hard rescued from the deep, draws into port the old!
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller That which is so universal as death must be a benefit.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller The universe is a thought of God.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller O tender yearning, sweet hoping! The golden time of first love! The eye sees the open heaven, The heart is intoxicated with bliss; O that the beautiful time of young love Could remain green forever.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller The mountain cannot frighten one who was born on it.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller A beautiful soul has no other merit than its own existence.
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