02c. 1782 ADThe richest monarch in the Christian world; The sun in my own dominions never sets.Schiller / quote ↗
03UndatedGenuine morality is preserved only in the school of adversity, and a state of continuous prosperity may easily prove a quicksand to virtue.Schiller / quote ↗
05UndatedEvery 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.Schiller / quote ↗
06UndatedThe great happiness of life, I find, after all, to consist in the regular discharge of some mechanical duty.Schiller / quote ↗
08UndatedLet 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.Schiller / quote ↗
09UndatedHonor 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.Schiller / quote ↗
10UndatedA bitter and perplex'd "What shall I do?" is worse to man than worst necessity.Schiller / quote ↗
13UndatedAlways strive for the whole; and if thou canst not become a whole thyself, connect thyself with a whole as a ministering member.Schiller / quote ↗
17UndatedArt thou afraid of death, and dost thou wish to live for ever? Live in the whole that remains when thou hast long been goneSchiller / quote ↗
18UndatedA virtuous name is the sole precious good for which queens and peasants' wives must contest together.Schiller / quote ↗
19UndatedBe in possession, and thou hast the right, and sacred will the many guard it for thee.Schiller / quote ↗
20UndatedDay follows the murkiest night; and when the time comes, the latest fruits also ripen.Schiller / quote ↗
21UndatedDid I know that my heart was bound to temporal possessions, I would throw the flaming brand among them with my own hand.Schiller / quote ↗
22UndatedEgotism erects its centre in itself; love places it out of itself in the axis of the universal whole.Schiller / quote ↗
23UndatedEven in a righteous cause force is a fearful thing; God only helps when men can help no more.Schiller / quote ↗
24UndatedEver take it for granted that man collectively wishes that which is right; but take care never to think so of one!Schiller / quote ↗
