Virtue is no empty echo. Friedrich Schiller More Quotes by Friedrich Schiller More Quotes From Friedrich Schiller Measure not by the scale of perfection the meager product of reality. Friedrich Schiller scalesperfectionreality As noble Art has survived noble nature, so too she marches ahead of it, fashioning and awakening by her inspiration. Before Truth sends her triumphant light into the depths of the heart, imagination catches its rays, and the peaks of humanity will be glowing when humid night still lingers in the valleys. Friedrich Schiller inspirationnightart A pity about the people! they are brave enough comrades, but they have heads like a soapboiler's. Friedrich Schiller stupidbravepeople The lamp of genius burns quicker than the lamp of life. Friedrich Schiller lampsgeniuslife No greater grief than to remember days of gladness when sorrow is at hand. Friedrich Schiller grieflifehands What reason, like the careful ant, draws laboriously together, the wind of accident sometimes collects in a moment. Friedrich Schiller antstogetherwind Freedom exists only with power. Friedrich Schiller freedompower Honesty prospers in every condition of life. Friedrich Schiller honestyliteraturelife Art is the right hand of Nature. Friedrich Schiller art-ishandsart Secrecy is for the happy,--misery, hopeless misery, needs no veil; under a thousand suns it dares act openly. Friedrich Schiller veilssunneeds Satisfy a few to please many is bad. Friedrich Schiller pleasesatisfaction To rankling poison hast thou turned in me the milk of human kindness. Friedrich Schiller milkpoisonkindness Obedience is the Christian's crown. Friedrich Schiller crownsobediencechristian The first great law is to obey. Friedrich Schiller obediencelawfirsts Misery travels free through the whole world! Friedrich Schiller miserywholeworld But how is the artist to protect himself against the corruption of the age which besets him on all sides? Friedrich Schiller artistagesides Man, one may say, was never in such a completely animal condition; but he has, on the other hand, never escaped from it. Friedrich Schiller animalmenhands The world's history is constant, like the laws of nature, and simple, like the souls of men. The same conditions continually produce the same results. Friedrich Schiller simplelawmen An axe at home saves hiring a carpenter. Friedrich Schiller hiringcarpenterhome In a narrow circle the mind contracts. Man grows with his expanded needs. Friedrich Schiller circlesgrowthmen
