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1759–1805 Germany
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (10 November 1759 – 9 May 1805), usually known as Friedrich Schiller, was a German poet, physician, historian, dramatist, and playwright.
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We are one people and will act as one.
There is a God to punish and avenge.
Even the strongest minds cannot, with impunity, defy the prejudices of the age.
Be embraced, ye millions!
An die Freude (Ode to Joy; or Hymn to Joy) (1785)
He, that noble prize possessing—
An die Freude (Ode to Joy; or Hymn to Joy) (1785)
Dem Schwachen ist sein Stachel auch gegeben.
Wilhelm Tell (1803)
Es hebt die Freiheit siegend ihre Fahne.
Wilhelm Tell (1803)
I am better than my reputation.
Maria Stuart (1800)
Denn herrenlos ist auch der Freiste nicht.
Wilhelm Tell (1803)
I am the last of my race. My name ends with me.
Satisfy a few to please many is bad.
The dream is short, repentance long.
Brief is sorrow, and endless is joy.
This is the spot where I am mortal.
Stern is the visage of necessity.
Deaf rage that hears no leader.
Great souls suffer in silence.
Youth is too hasty with words.
Rarely do we arrive at the summit of truth without running into extremes; we have frequently to exhaust the part of error, and even of folly, before we work our way up to the noble goal of tranquil wisdom.
Harris: This feat of Tell, the archer, will be told
Wilhelm Tell (1803)
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