Heinrich Heine Quotes on History
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Dort, wo man Bucher verbrennt, verbrennt man auch am Ende Menschen.
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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.
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If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world.
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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.
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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.