More from Friedrich von Schiller

  1. Life is only error, And death is knowledge.
  2. Don't let your heart depend on things That ornament life in a fleeting way! He who possesses, let him learn to lose, He who is fortunate, l…
  3. I am better than my reputation.
  4. On the mountains there is freedom! The world is perfect everywhere, Save where man comes with his torment.
  5. Pain is short, and joy is eternal.
  6. Only through Beauty's morning gate, dost thou enter the land of Knowledge.
  7. Folly, thou conquerest, and I must yield! Against stupidity the very gods Themselves contend in vain. Exalted reason, Resplendent daughter …
  8. The dignity of mankind is in your hands; protect it! It sinks with you! With you it will ascend.

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