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Schiller

1759 AD — 1805 AD

Listed in the author section of Bartlett’s ninth-edition anthology, in the linked 1905 printing. Dates reflect that historical edition and may differ from modern scholarship.

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The Maid of Orleans
Don Carlos
Adversity · anthology attribution: Schiller
Guilt · anthology attribution: Schiller
Mind · anthology attribution: Schiller
Occupation · anthology attribution: Schiller
Present · anthology attribution: Schiller
Sin · anthology attribution: Schiller
Woman · anthology attribution: Schiller
Printed citation: Schiller
Saying 33 · printed source label: Schiller · entry translator not specified
Saying 156 · printed source label: Schiller · entry translator not specified
Saying 519 · printed source label: Schiller · entry translator not specified
Page 227 · printed citation: Schiller · subject: FLOWERS
Page 288 · printed citation: Schiller · subject: HEART
Page 674 · printed citation: Schiller · subject: WISDOM
Page 2 · printed citation: Schiller · subject: Accident
Page 19 · printed citation: Schiller · subject: Art
Page 31 · printed citation: Schiller · subject: Bondage
Page 58 · printed citation: Schiller · subject: Death
Page 92 · printed citation: Schiller · subject: Forethought
Page 110 · printed citation: Schiller · subject: Guilt
Page 134 · printed citation: Schiller · subject: Innovation
Page 138 · printed citation: Schiller · subject: Jesting
Page 181 · printed citation: Schiller · subject: Name
Page 244 · printed citation: Schiller · subject: Soldier
Page 284 · printed citation: Schiller · subject: Zeal
Page 246 · printed citation: Schiller · subject: Sorrow
Printed page 8 · quotation 13 · Schiller · Wilhelm Tell
Printed page 11 · quotation 7 · Schiller · Wilhelm Tell

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01c. 1782 AD

Against stupidity the very gods Themselves contend in vain.

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02c. 1782 AD

The richest monarch in the Christian world; The sun in my own dominions never sets.

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03Undated

Genuine morality is preserved only in the school of adversity, and a state of continuous prosperity may easily prove a quicksand to virtue.

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04Undated

Life is not the supreme good; but of all earthly ills the chief is guilt.

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05Undated

Every great mind seeks to labor for eternity. All men are captivated by immediate advantages; great minds alone are excited by the prospect of distant good.

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06Undated

The great happiness of life, I find, after all, to consist in the regular discharge of some mechanical duty.

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07Undated

He who neglects the present moment throws away all he has.

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08Undated

Let him that sows the serpent's teeth not hope to reap a joyous harvest. Every crime has, in the moment of its perpetration, its own avenging angel,—dark misgivings at the inmost heart.

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09Undated

Honor to women! they twine and weave the roses of heaven into the life of man; it is they that unite us in the fascinating bonds of love; and, concealed in the modest veil of the graces, they cherish carefully the external fire of delicate feeling with holy hands.

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10Undated

A bitter and perplex'd "What shall I do?" is worse to man than worst necessity.

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11Undated

Ah me! how sweet this world is to the dying!

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12Undated

A jest loses its point when he who makes it is the first to laugh.

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13Undated

Always strive for the whole; and if thou canst not become a whole thyself, connect thyself with a whole as a ministering member.

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14Undated

A noble heart will frankly capitulate to reason.

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15Undated

Any road will lead you to the end of the world.

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16Undated

Apollo himself confessed it was ecstasy to be a man among men.

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17Undated

Art thou afraid of death, and dost thou wish to live for ever? Live in the whole that remains when thou hast long been gone

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18Undated

A virtuous name is the sole precious good for which queens and peasants' wives must contest together.

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19Undated

Be in possession, and thou hast the right, and sacred will the many guard it for thee.

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20Undated

Day follows the murkiest night; and when the time comes, the latest fruits also ripen.

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21Undated

Did I know that my heart was bound to temporal possessions, I would throw the flaming brand among them with my own hand.

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22Undated

Egotism erects its centre in itself; love places it out of itself in the axis of the universal whole.

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23Undated

Even in a righteous cause force is a fearful thing; God only helps when men can help no more.

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24Undated

Ever take it for granted that man collectively wishes that which is right; but take care never to think so of one!

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