Friedrich von Schiller Quotes on Power
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I feel an army in my fist.
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Folly, thou conquerest, and I must yield! Against stupidity the very gods Themselves contend in vain. Exalted reason, Resplendent daughter of the head divine, Wise foundress of the system of the world, Guide of the stars, who art thou then if thou, Bound to the tail of folly's uncurbed steed, Must, vainly shrieking with the drunken crowd, Eyes open, plunge down headlong in the abyss. Accursed, who striveth after noble ends, And with deliberate wisdom forms his plans! To the fool-king belongs the world.
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O who knows what slumbers in the background of the times?
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I am called The richest monarch in the Christian world; The sun in my dominion never sets.
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The hat is the pride of man; for he who cannot keep his hat on before kings and emperors is no free man.
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Many a crown shines spotless now That yet was deeply sullied in the winning.
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It is base to filch a purse, daring to embezzle a million, but it is great beyond measure to steal a crown. The sin lessens as the guilt increases.
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No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart.
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Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.
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To gain a crown by fighting is great, to reject it divine.