5 Heinrich Heine Quotes on History

Heinrich Heine quotes on history

5. Dort, wo man Bucher verbrennt, verbrennt man auch am Ende Menschen.

11. People in those old times had convictions; we moderns only have opinions. And it needs more than a mere opinion to erect a Gothic cathedral.

21. If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world.

26. Oaks shall be rent; the Word shall shatter - Yea, on that fiery day, the Crown, Even the palace walls shall totter, And domes and spires come crashing down.

34. In earlier religions the spirit of the time was expressed through the individual and confirmed by miracles. In modern religions the spirit is expressed through the many and confirmed by reason.