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The painter is, as to the execution of his work, a mechanic; but as to his conception and spirit and design he is hardly below even the poet


Friedrich von Schiller

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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.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER 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...
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER 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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