There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny.


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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?
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER