Quote #135

The will of man is his happiness.

Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.

More from Friedrich von Schiller

  1. The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.
  2. The world is ruled only by consideration of advantages.
  3. The rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized world.
  4. There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny.
  5. The key to education is the experience of beauty.
  6. There is room in the smallest cottage for a happy loving pair.
  7. That which is so universal as death must be a benefit.
  8. To gain a crown by fighting is great, to reject it divine.

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