Folly, thou conquerest, and I must yield!
Against stupidity the very gods
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Resplendent daughter of the head divine,
Wise foundress of the system of the world,
Guide of the stars, who are thou then, if thou,
Bound to the tail of folly's uncurb'd steed,
Must, vainly shrieking, with the drunken crowd,
Eyes open, plunge down headlong in the abyss.


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The universe is one of God's thoughts.
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Full of wisdom are the ordinations of fate.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER
A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled one is truly vanquished.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER
They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER
In the society, where people are just parts in a larger machine, individuals are unable to develop f...
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER
To save all we must risk all.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER
It hinders the creative work of the mind if the intellect examines too closely the ideas as they pou...
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER
The jest loses its point when he who makes it is the first to laugh.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER
The will of man is his happiness.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER
Disappointments are to the soul what a thunderstorm is to the air.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER
Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER
Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER
Mankind is made great or little by its own will.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER
All things must; man is the only creature that wills.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER
The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER
Worthless is the nation that does not gladly stake its all on its honor.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER
Not without a shudder may the human hand reach into the mysterious urn of destiny.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER
Freedom can occur only through education.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER
Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER
No doubt the artist is the child of his time; but woe to him if he is also its disciple, or even its...
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER
Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the gr...
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The world is ruled only by consideration of advantages.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER
To gain a crown by fighting is great, to reject it divine.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER
Opposition always inflames the enthusiast, never converts him.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER
A noble heart will always capitulate to reason.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER
He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER
It is often wise to reveal that which cannot be concealed for long.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER
The key to education is the experience of beauty.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER
Man only plays when in the full meaning of the word he is a man, and he is only completely a man whe...
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It is easy to give advice from a port of safety.
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The greater part of humanity is too much harassed and fatigued by the struggle with want, to rally i...
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER
With stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain.
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The rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized worl...
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Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER
Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER
No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER
Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER
Every true genius is bound to be naive.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER
Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom.
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Art is the daughter of freedom.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER
The joke loses everything when the joker laughs himself.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER
Revenge is barren of itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on; its delight is murder, and its end...
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Great souls endure in silence.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER
There are three lessons I would write-
Three words, as with a burning pen,
In tracings of...
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER
Man, one may say, was never in such a completely animal condition; but he has, on the other hand, ne...
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER
Did you think the lion was sleeping because he didn't roar?
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