Friedrich Schiller Quotes
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright.
(1759 - 1805)
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A childlike mind, in its simplicity, practices that science of good to which the wise may be blind.
[Simplicity]
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A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.
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A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled one is truly vanquished.
[Enemies]
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A noble heart will always capitulate to reason.
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A virtuous name is the precious, only good, for which queens and peasants' wives must contest together.
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Aesthetic matters are fundamental for the harmonious development of both society and the individual.
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Against stupidity the very gods Themselves contend in vain.
[Ignorance]
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All things must; man is the only creature that wills.
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Appearance rules the world.
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Art is difficult, transient is her reward.
[Art]
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Art is the daughter of freedom.
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Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men.
[Art]
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As freely as the firmament embraces the world, or the sun pours forth impartially his beams, so mercy must encircle both friend and foe.
[Mercy]
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As inclination changes; thus ebbs and flows the unstable tide of public judgment.
[Popularity]
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Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men's opinions of us, forms our true honor.
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Dare to err and to dream. Deep meaning often lies in childish plays.
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Disappointments are to the soul what the thunder-storm is to the air.
[Disappointment]
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Emulation is a noble and just passion, full of appreciation.
[Role Models]
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Ever building to the clouds, and never reflecting that the poor narrow basis cannot sustain the giddy, tottering column.
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