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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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World history is the world's court.
Resignation (1786)
The world is narrow, broad the mind—
Wallenstein (1798)
I am called the richest man in Christendom. The sun never sets on my dominions.
Many a crown shines spotless now
Wallenstein (1798)
Not he who scorns the Saviour's yoke
Dare to err and to dream. Deep meaning often lies in childish plays.
Truth suffers no loss if a vehement youth fails in finding it, in the same way that virtue and religion suffer no detriment if a criminal denies them.
Auf dieser Bank von Stein will ich mich setzen.
Wilhelm Tell (1803)
Und auf den Schützen springt der Pfeil zurück.
Wilhelm Tell (1803)
Mir fehlt der Arm, wenn mir die Waffe fehlt.
Wilhelm Tell (1803)
Wer Thränen ärnten will, muß Liebe säen.
Wilhelm Tell (1803)
The strong man is strongest when alone.
Wilhelm Tell (1803)
Votes should be weighed, not counted.
Life did not present its sunny side to thee.
O tender yearning, sweet hoping!
The Song of the Bell (1799)
To save all we must risk all.
Bow before Him, all creation!
An die Freude (Ode to Joy; or Hymn to Joy) (1785)
O'er Ocean, with a thousand masts, sails forth the stripling bold—
Seraphs share with thee
Your deeds are known,
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