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Quotations By Johann Friedrich von Schiller


Action
He who considers too much will perform little.

Art
Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men.

Beauty
Truth exists for the wise, beauty for the feeling heart.

Death
That which is so universal as death must be a benefit.

Enthusiasm
Opposition embitters the enthusiast but never converts him.

Eternity
Eternity gives nothing back of what one leaves out of the minutes.

Joy
Joy, in Nature's wide dominion,
Mightiest cause of all is found;
And 'tis joy that moves the pinion
When the wheel of time goes round.

Opposition
Opposition always inflames the enthusiast, never converts him.

Patience
Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily. -- Johann Von Schiller

Risk
To save all we must risk all.