Friedrich Schiller
Friedrich Schiller
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schillerwas a German poet, philosopher, physician, historian, and playwright. During the last seventeen years of his life, Schiller struck up a productive, if complicated, friendship with the already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. They frequently discussed issues concerning aesthetics, and Schiller encouraged Goethe to finish works he left as sketches. This relationship and these discussions led to a period now referred to as Weimar Classicism. They also worked together on Xenien, a collection of...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth10 November 1759
CountryGermany
He that is over -- cautious will accomplish little.
It does not prove a thing to be right because the majority say it is so.
Have Love. Not love alone for one, but man as man they brother call; and scatter like the circling sun thy charities on all.
Sorrow is brief but joy is endless
Why should I deem myself to be a chisel, when I could be the artist?
The painter is, as to the execution of his work, a mechanic; but as to his conception and spirit and design he is hardly below even the poet.
The key to education is the experience of beauty.
A brave man hazards life, but not his conscience.
What's old collapses, times change, and new life blossoms in the ruins.
He who neglects the present moment throws away all he has.
Whatever is not forbidden is permitted.
Toil of science swells the wealth of art.
I have enjoyed the happiness of the world; I have loved.
To live is to dream, and to dream pleasantly is to be wise.