248 quotes
Virtue has her heroes too
As well as Fame and Fortune.
Wallenstein (1798)
Have faith! where'er thy bark is driven,—
'The calm's disport, the tempest's mirth,—
Know this! God rules the host of heaven,
The inhabitants of earth.
Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)
The lemonade is weak, like your soul.
Pain is short, and joy is eternal.
The Maid of Orleans (1801)
You say it as you understand it.
Wallenstein (1798)
Time flies on restless pinions—constant never.
Be constant—and thou chainest time forever.
Truth warns of threatening crimes,
Malice speaks of those which were committed.
Make thine account with Heaven, governor,
Thou must away, thy sand is run.
Lo, the dead shall rise to heaven!
Brethren hail the blest decree;
Every sin shall be forgiven,
Hell forever cease to be!
An die Freude (Ode to Joy; or Hymn to Joy) (1785)
The will of a man is his happiness.
Es kann der Frömmste nicht im Frieden bleiben [or: leben],
Wenn es dem bösen Nachbar nicht gefällt.
Wilhelm Tell (1803)
Der brave Mann denkt an sich selbst zulezt,
Vertrau auf Gott und rette den Bedrängten.
Wilhelm Tell (1803)
Zum lezten Mittel, wenn kein andres mehr
Verfangen will, ist ihm das Schwert gegeben.
Wilhelm Tell (1803)
"How poor a thing is man!" alas 'tis true,
I'd half forgot it when I chanced on you.
Durch diese hohle Gasse muß er kommen,
Es führt kein andrer Weg nach Küßnacht.
Wilhelm Tell (1803)
We, we live! ours are the hours, and the living have their claims.
Courage, ne'er by sorrow broken!
Aid where tears of virtue flow;
Faith to keep each promise spoken!
Truth alike to friend and foe!
An die Freude (Ode to Joy; or Hymn to Joy) (1785)
What are hopes, what are plans?
In circumstances where the law of force prevails, where security depends on power alone, the weakest party is naturally the most busy to place itself in a posture of defense.
His Armies, weakened by defeat and defeat, dispirited by misfortune, had unlearned - under beaten generals - that warlike impetuosity which as it is the consequence, so it is the guarentee of success.