Friedrich Schiller Quotes
1759 – 1805
German poet, playwright and philosopher, author of "The Robbers" and "Ode to Joy".
“I know that oft we tremble at an empty terror, but the false phantasm brings a real misery.”
“Did you think the lion was sleeping because he didn't roar?”
“Wouldst thou other men know, look thou within thine own heart.”
“Man is created free, and is free, / Though he be born in chains.”
“He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times.”
“Love is only known by him who hopelessly persists in love.”
“Against stupidity the very gods / Themselves contend in vain.”
“What's old collapses, times change, / And new life blossoms in the ruins.”
“No cause has he to say his doom is harsh, / Who's made the master of his destiny.”
“Self Confidence has always been the parent of great actions.”
