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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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While the womanly god demands our veneration, the godlike woman kindles our love; but while we allow ourselves to melt in the celestial loveliness, the celestial self-sufficiency holds us back in awe.
On the Aesthetic Education of Man (1794)
Wer gar zu viel bedenkt, wird wenig leisten.
Wilhelm Tell (1803)
Wouldst thou know thyself, observe the actions of others.
An imitative creature is man; whoever is foremost, leads the herd.
Wallenstein's Tod (1798)
Man is created free, and is free, even though born in chains.
All the arts of pleasure grow when suckled by freedom.
He who reflects too much will accomplish little.
Wilhelm Tell (1803)
For the world is ruled by interest alone.
Only through Beauty's morning gate, dost thou enter the land of Knowledge.
The hat is the pride of man; for he who cannot keep his hat on before kings and emperors is no free man.
Wallenstein (1798)
No doubt the artist is the child of his time; but woe to him if he is also its disciple, or even its favorite.
On the Aesthetic Education of Man (1794)
They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom.
Man is made of ordinary things, and habit is his nurse.
Wallenstein (1798)
Life is but a moment. Death is but a moment, too.
Maria Stuart (1800)
It is through beauty that we arrive at freedom.
On the Aesthetic Education of Man (1794)
What the reason of the ant laboriously drags into a heap, the wind of accident will collect in one breath.
The man who fears nothing is not less powerful than he who is feared by every one.
O that it might remain eternally green,
Life is not the supreme good, but the supreme evil is to realize one's guilt.
It would be necessary that they should be already sages to love wisdom: a truth that was felt at once by him to whom philosophy owes its name.
On the Aesthetic Education of Man (1794)
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