Quote #136
The world is ruled only by consideration of advantages.
Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.
More from Friedrich von Schiller
- The will of man is his happiness.
- There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny.
- The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.
- There is room in the smallest cottage for a happy loving pair.
- The rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized world.
- To gain a crown by fighting is great, to reject it divine.
- The key to education is the experience of beauty.
- Truth exists for the wise, beauty for the feeling heart.