Heinrich Heine Quotes on Society

5 quotes

  1. The future smells of Russian leather, of blood, of godlessness and of much whipping. I advise our grandchildren to come into the world with very thick skin on their backs.

  2. Ordinarily he is insane, but he has lucid moments when he is only stupid.

  3. 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.

  4. The fundamental evil of the world arose from the fact that the good Lord has not created money enough.

  5. There are more fools in the world than there are people.

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