Friedrich von Schiller Quotes

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 von Schiller

It does not prove a thing to be right because the majority say it is so. Friedrich von Schiller

A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled one is truly vanquished. Friedrich von Schiller

Appearance rules the world. Friedrich von Schiller

There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny. Friedrich von Schiller

He that is over-cautious will accomplish but very little. Friedrich von Schiller

Anyone taken as an individual, is tolerably sensible and reasonable- as a member of a crowd, he at once becomes a blockhead. Friedrich von Schiller

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 von Schiller

When faced with a mountain, I will not quit! I will keep on striving until I climb over, find a pass through, tunnel underneath – or simply stay and turn the mountain into a gold mine, with God’s help! Friedrich von Schiller

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 von Schiller

Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators. Friedrich von Schiller

Power is the most persuasive rhetoric. Friedrich von Schiller

The hat is the pride of man; for he who cannot keep his hat on before kings and emperors is no free man. Friedrich Von Schiller