Quote #4

Did you think the lion was sleeping because he didn't roar?

Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.

More from Friedrich von Schiller

  1. The joke loses everything when the joker laughs himself.
  2. The lemonade is weak, like your soul.
  3. To save all we must risk all.
  4. There are three lessons I would write, Three words as with a burning pen, In tracings of eternal light Upon the hearts of men.
  5. I feel an army in my fist.
  6. Die Weltgeschichte ist das Weltgericht.
  7. Translation: World history is the world's court.
  8. What one refuses in a minute No eternity will return.

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