Friedrich Schiller Quotes

The worst of me is known, and I can say that I am better than the reputation I bear.

Heaven and earth fight in vain against a dunce!

Sorrows must die with the joys they outnumber.

Never the grave gives back what it has won!

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

To the fool-king belongs the world.

O God, how lovely still is life!

If you want to study yourself, look into the hearts of other people. If you want to study other people, look into your own heart.

When the wine goes in, strange things come out.

Ever building, building to the clouds, still building higher, and never reflecting that the poor narrow basis cannot sustain the giddy tottering column.