12 Friedrich von Schiller Quotes on Society

Friedrich von Schiller quotes on society

12. Man is created free, and is free, Though he be born in chains.

44. We are citizens of an age, as well as of a State; and if it is held to be unseemly, or even inadmissable, for a man to cut himself off from the customs and manners of the circle in which he lives, why should it be less of a duty, in the choice of his activity, to submit his decision to the needs and the taste of his century?

86. The present age has witnessed an extraordinary increase of a thinking public, by the facilities afforded to the diffusion of reading; the former happy resignation to ignorance begins to make way for a state of half-enlightenment, and few persons are willing to remain in the condition in which their birth has placed then.

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94. Aesthetic matters are fundamental for the harmonious development of both society and the individual.

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96. Appearance rules the world.

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103. Freedom can occur only through education.

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111. In the society where people are just parts in a larger machine, individuals are unable to develop fully.

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114. 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.

133. The rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized world.

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134. The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.

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136. The world is ruled only by consideration of advantages.

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141. Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance.

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