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Man is created free, and is free, Though he be born in chains.

— Friedrich von Schiller

More from Friedrich von Schiller

  1. If you want to know yourself, Just look how others do it; If you want to understand others, Look into your own heart.
  2. Virtue is no empty echo.
  3. What the inner voice says Will not disappoint the hoping soul.
  4. O tender yearning, sweet hoping! The golden time of first love! The eye sees the open heaven, The heart is intoxicated with bliss; O that t…
  5. What one refuses in a minute No eternity will return.
  6. Appearance should never attain reality, And if nature conquers, then must art retire.
  7. Translation: World history is the world's court.
  8. Who dares impede my progress? Who presume The spirit to control which guideth me? Still must the arrow wing its destined flight! Where dang…

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  • freedom
  • human nature
  • rights

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