Famous Quotes / Johann Friedrich von Schiller
100 Quotations by Johann Friedrich von Schiller
- 61. The average estimate themselves by what they do, the above average by what they are.
- 62. The brave person thinks of himself last of all.
- 63. The future comes slowly, the present flies and the past stands still forever.
- 64. The greater part of humanity is too much harassed and fatigued by the struggle with want, to rally i ...
- 65. The jest loses its point when he who makes it is the first to laugh.
- 66. The joke loses everything when the joker laughs himself.
- 67. The lamp of genius burns quicker than the lamp of life.
- 68. The man who fears nothing is as powerful as he who is feared by everybody.
- 69. The rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized worl ...
- 70. The strong man is strongest when alone.
- 71. The universe is one of God's thoughts.
- 72. The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.
- 73. The will of man is his happiness.
- 74. The world is ruled only by consideration of advantages.
- 75. There is more to life than just existing and having a pleasant time.
- 76. There is no such thing as chance; and what seems to us merest accident springs from the deepest sour ...
- 77. There is room in the smallest cottage for a happy loving pair.
- 78. They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom.
- 79. Think with awe on the slow and quiet power of time.
- 80. This is the curse of an evil deed, that it incites and must bring forth more evil.