457 Quotes by Friedrich Schiller

It is well for a man when he has learned to endure what he cannot change, and to give up with dignity what he cannot retain.

No greater grief than to remember days of gladness when sorrow is at hand.

Virtue has her heroes too As well as Fame and Fortune.

The victor is often vanquished by his own success.

Joy all creatures drink At nature's bosoms...

The lamp of genius burns quicker than the lamp of life.

Fear of death is worse than dying.

As noble Art has survived noble nature, so too she marches ahead of it, fashioning and awakening by her inspiration. Before Truth sends her triumphant light into the depths of the heart, imagination catches its rays, and the peaks of humanity will be glowing when humid night still lingers in the valleys.

Forgiveness is the finding again of a lost possession.