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
All things must; man is the only creature that wills.
A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled one is truly vanquished.
Appearance rules the world.
Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men's opinions of us, forms our true honor.
The universe is one of God's thoughts.
Live with your century; but do not be its creature.
To gain a crown by fighting is great, to reject it divine.
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.
The rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized world.
A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.
Aesthetic matters are fundamental for the harmonious development of both society and the individual.
In the society, where people are just parts in a larger machine, individuals are unable to develop fully.
Opposition always inflames the enthusiast, never converts him.
Revenge is barren of itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on; its delight is murder, and its end is despair.