Dare to be wrong and to dream. Friedrich Schiller More Quotes by Friedrich Schiller More Quotes From Friedrich Schiller An honest man you may form of windle-straws, but to make a rogue you must have grist. Friedrich Schiller rogues may men Sorrow is brief but joy is endless Friedrich Schiller endless sorrow joy A sublime soul can rise to all kinds of greatness, but by an effort; it can tear itself from all bondage, to all that limits and constrains it, but only by strength of will. Consequently the sublime soul is only free by broken efforts. Friedrich Schiller effort greatness broken Folly, thou conquerest, and I must yield! Friedrich Schiller daughter wise death As freely as the firmament embraces the world, so mercy must encircle friend and foe. The sun poursforth impartially his beams through all the regions of infinity; heaven bestows the dew equally on every thirsty plant. Whatever is good and comes from on high is universal and without reserve: but in the heart's recesses darkness dwells. Friedrich Schiller darkness heart heaven Soon is the struggle past, and to the earth, Friedrich Schiller pain struggle death There is a nobility in the world of manners. Friedrich Schiller nobility manners world O God, how lovely still is life! Friedrich Schiller lovely stills life Virtue, though clothed in a beggar's garb, commands respect. Friedrich Schiller beggar command virtue Wine invents nothing; it only tattles. Friedrich Schiller wine To know thyself--in others self-concern; Friedrich Schiller concern self knows Forgiveness is the finding again of a lost possession. Friedrich Schiller findings possession lost With stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain. Friedrich Schiller gods vain stupidity struggle
