457 Quotes by Friedrich Schiller

Did you think the lion was sleeping because he didn't roar?

Bei uns wird nur selten eine Mariage geschlossen, wo nicht wenigstens ein halb Dutzend der Gäste - oder der Aufwärter- das Paradies des Bräutigams geometrisch ermessen kann.

Und bin ich strafbar, weil ich menschlich war?

Basely indeed they may behave to us, But they cannot debase us."Mary Stuart by Friedrich SchillerAct 1, Scene 2

When I hate I rob myself of something; but when I love I become richer by the object I love.

To what absurd conclusions must this notion of a sympathy of souls, derived from the propinquity of bodies, inevitably tend? A common source of being is to produce community of sentiment; identity of matter, identity of impulse.

Und Hochmut ist's, wodurch die Engel fielen,

Keep true to the dreams of your youth.

It is play and only play that makes man complete.