Christian Friedrich Hebbel Professions : PoetBorn : March 18, 1813Died : December 13, 1863 Browse All Authors Top 15 quotes by Christian Friedrich Hebbel It's incredible how much intelligence is used in this world to prove nonsense. Christian Friedrich Hebbel incrediblesintelligenceworld If you hate something thoroughly without knowing why, you can be sure there is something of it in your own nature. Christian Friedrich Hebbel hateknowingifs One lie does not cost you one truth, but the truth. Christian Friedrich Hebbel truthhonorlying What you can become you are already. Christian Friedrich Hebbel inspirational Whoever wants to be a judge of human nature should study people's excuses. Christian Friedrich Hebbel naturejudgingpeople If language had been the creation not of poetry but of logic, we should only have one. Christian Friedrich Hebbel logiccreationlanguage Most people are good only so long as they believe others to be so. Christian Friedrich Hebbel longbelievepeople With someone who holds nothing but trumps, it is impossible to play cards. Christian Friedrich Hebbel impossibleplaycards In a good play, everyone is in the right. Christian Friedrich Hebbel fiction-writingplaywriting That Man, who flees from truth, should have invented the mirror is the greatest of historical miracles. Christian Friedrich Hebbel mirrorsmenlying What a vast difference there is between the barbarism that precedes culture and the barbarism that follows it. Christian Friedrich Hebbel differencesviolenceculture There are persons who always find a hair in their plate of soup for the simple reason that, when they sit down before it, they shake their heads until one falls in. Christian Friedrich Hebbel simplehairfall Reason is the substance of the universe. The design of the world is absolutely rational. Christian Friedrich Hebbel designsubstanceworld Religion is the highest vanity. Christian Friedrich Hebbel vanityhighest If anything were FULLY explained, everything would be explained. Christian Friedrich Hebbel societyifswould-be Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poetAll Authors
