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
There is more to life than just existing and having a pleasant time.
In a narrow circle the mind contracts. Man grows with his expanded needs.
An axe at home saves hiring a carpenter.
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.
Misery travels free through the whole world!
Stern is the visage of necessity.
Obedience decks the Christian most.
Obedience is the Christian's crown.
To rankling poison hast thou turned in me the milk of human kindness.
The dream is short, repentance long.
Art is difficult, transient is her reward.
Deaf rage that hears no leader.
You saw his weakness, and he will never forgive you.
Many a crown shines spotless now that yet was deeply sullied in the winning.