No doubt the artist is the child of his time; but woe to him if he is also its disciple, or even its favorite.
- Friedrich Schiller
Doubt, Artist, Also, Disciple
Opposition always inflames the enthusiast, never converts him.
- Friedrich Schiller
Opposition, Never, Always, Converts
Aesthetic matters are fundamental for the harmonious development of both society and the individual.
- Friedrich Schiller
Development, Aesthetic, Harmonious
A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled one is truly vanquished.
- Friedrich Schiller
Fallen, Again, May, Reconciled
The strong man is strongest when alone.
- Friedrich Schiller
Strong, Alone, Strong Man, Strongest
Honesty prospers in every condition of life.
- Friedrich Schiller
Honesty, Condition, Every, Prospers
Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the great name still lives.
- Friedrich Schiller
Body, Still, Lives, Sunk
The greater part of humanity is too much harassed and fatigued by the struggle with want, to rally itself for a new and sterner struggle with error.
- Friedrich Schiller
New, Want, Part, Harassed
Revenge is barren of itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on; its delight is murder, and its end is despair.
- Friedrich Schiller
Revenge, Itself, Feeds, Dreadful
The rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized world.
- Friedrich Schiller
World, Poorer, Civilized, Richer
Knowledge, the object of knowledge and the knower are the three factors which motivate action; the senses, the work and the doer comprise the threefold basis of action.
- Friedrich Schiller
Work, Senses, Which, Motivate
No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart.
- Friedrich Schiller
Heart, Power, Dictate, Emperor
All things must; man is the only creature that wills.
- Friedrich Schiller
Only, Things, Must, Wills
Man only plays when in the full meaning of the word he is a man, and he is only completely a man when he plays.
- Friedrich Schiller
Meaning, Only, Plays, Meaning Of
As freely as the firmament embraces the world, or the sun pours forth impartially his beams, so mercy must encircle both friend and foe.
- Friedrich Schiller
Sun, Forth, Embraces, Encircle
With stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain.
- Friedrich Schiller
Stupidity, Themselves, Gods, Struggle
It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans.
- Friedrich Schiller
Truth, Voice, Clamor, Discriminate
In the society, where people are just parts in a larger machine, individuals are unable to develop fully.
- Friedrich Schiller
Society, Unable, Larger, Fully
Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men's opinions of us, forms our true honor.
- Friedrich Schiller
Men, Own, Other, Forms
It is often wise to reveal that which cannot be concealed for long.
- Friedrich Schiller
Wise, Reveal, Which, Concealed
Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful.
- Friedrich Schiller
Peace, Peaceful, Rarely, Denied
Worthless is the nation that does not gladly stake its all on its honor.
- Friedrich Schiller
Worthless, Nation, Stake, Gladly
Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance.
- Friedrich Schiller
Service, Utility, Which, Powers
It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal a crown. The blame diminishes as the guilt increases.
- Friedrich Schiller
Guilt, Fortune, Increases, Criminal
The jest loses its point when he who makes it is the first to laugh.
- Friedrich Schiller
Loses, Makes, Jest, Laugh
The world is ruled only by consideration of advantages.
- Friedrich Schiller
World, Advantages, Ruled, Consideration
The key to education is the experience of beauty.
- Friedrich Schiller
Education, Beauty, Key
Votes should be weighed not counted.
- Friedrich Schiller
Should, Votes, Weighed, Counted
Disappointments are to the soul what a thunderstorm is to the air.
- Friedrich Schiller
Soul, Air, Thunderstorm, Disappointments
Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men.
- Friedrich Schiller
Nature, Art, Given, Right Hand
A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.
- Friedrich Schiller
Wedding, Guest, Fits, Gloomy
Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.
- Friedrich Schiller
Power, Persuasive, Most, Rhetoric
It is easy to give advice from a port of safety.
- Friedrich Schiller
Safety, Advice, Give, Port
It hinders the creative work of the mind if the intellect examines too closely the ideas as they pour in.
- Friedrich Schiller
Mind, Intellect, Closely, Pour
Dare to err and to dream. Deep meaning often lies in childish plays.
- Friedrich Schiller
Deep, Plays, Err, Dare
That which is so universal as death must be a benefit.
- Friedrich Schiller
Death, Must, Which, Universal
Not without a shudder may the human hand reach into the mysterious urn of destiny.
- Friedrich Schiller
Destiny, Reach, May, Hand
Live with your century; but do not be its creature.
- Friedrich Schiller
Live, Your, Century, Creature
There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny.
- Friedrich Schiller
Destiny, Chance, Springs, Accident
They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom.
- Friedrich Schiller
Love, Wise, Would, To Love
Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators.
- Friedrich Schiller
Posterity, Imitators
The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.
- Friedrich Schiller
Justice, Voice, Majority, Proof
Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change.
- Friedrich Schiller
Happiness, Happy, Learns, Bear
To save all we must risk all.
- Friedrich Schiller
Save, Must, Risk
Art is the daughter of freedom.
- Friedrich Schiller
Art, Freedom, Daughter
The history of the world is the world's court of justice.
- Friedrich Schiller
World, The History Of, Court
Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom.
- Friedrich Schiller
Inspirational, Beauty, Form, Grace
He who considers too much will perform little.
- Friedrich Schiller
Will, Perform, Too, Considers
There is room in the smallest cottage for a happy loving pair.
- Friedrich Schiller
Love, Loving, Smallest, Pair
It does not prove a thing to be right because the majority say it is so.
- Friedrich Schiller
Say, Prove, Does, Majority
Freedom can occur only through education.
- Friedrich Schiller
Education, Freedom, Through, Occur
To gain a crown by fighting is great, to reject it divine.
- Friedrich Schiller
Fighting, Divine, Reject, Crown
Nothing leads to good that is not natural.
- Friedrich Schiller
Good, Nothing, Natural, Leads
Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.
- Friedrich Schiller
Hope, Nothing, Need, Dares
He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times.
- Friedrich Schiller
Best, Times, His, Lived
Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine.
- Friedrich Schiller
Time, Lose, Far, Seize
A noble heart will always capitulate to reason.
- Friedrich Schiller
Reason, Will, Always, Noble
Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain.
- Friedrich Schiller
Stupidity, Against, Very, Themselves
The universe is one of God's thoughts.
- Friedrich Schiller
God, Thoughts, Universe
Great souls suffer in silence.
- Friedrich Schiller
Silence, Souls, Suffer, Great Souls
Appearance rules the world.
- Friedrich Schiller
World, Appearance, Rules
I am better than my reputation.
- Friedrich Schiller
I Am, Better, Than, Reputation
Full of wisdom are the ordinations of fate.
- Friedrich Schiller
Wisdom, Full, Fate
Mankind is made great or little by its own will.
- Friedrich Schiller
Inspirational, Will, Made, Mankind
Will it, and set to work briskly.
- Friedrich Schiller
Work, Will, Set
Keep true to the dreams of your youth.
- Friedrich Schiller
Teen, True, Keep, Dreams
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