Friedrich Schiller

As freely as the firmament embraces the world, or the sun pours forth impartially his beams, so mercy must encircle both friend and foe. ↗

— Friedrich Schiller

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Full of wisdom are the ordinations of fate. ↗

— Friedrich Schiller

#full #wisdom

I am better than my reputation. ↗

— Friedrich Schiller

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It hinders the creative work of the mind if the intellect examines too closely the ideas as they pour in. ↗

— Friedrich Schiller

#creative #creative work #examines #hinders #ideas

It is easy to give advice from a port of safety. ↗

— Friedrich Schiller

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Knowledge, the object of knowledge and the knower are the three factors which motivate action; the senses, the work and the doer comprise the threefold basis of action. ↗

— Friedrich Schiller

#basis #comprise #doer #factors #knower

Live with your century; but do not be its creature. ↗

— Friedrich Schiller

#creature #live #your

Man only plays when in the full meaning of the word he is a man, and he is only completely a man when he plays. ↗

— Friedrich Schiller

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No doubt the artist is the child of his time; but woe to him if he is also its disciple, or even its favorite. ↗

— Friedrich Schiller

#artist #child #disciple #doubt #even

No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart. ↗

— Friedrich Schiller

#emperor #heart #power