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
Accursed be he who plays with the devil.
Dare to err and to dream. Deep meaning often lies in childish plays.
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.
It is play and only play that makes man complete.
Deep meaning lies often in childish play.
Against stupidity the very Gods themselves toil in vain
The zeal of friends it is that knocks me down, and not the hate of enemies
Disappointments are to the soul what the thunder-storm is to the air
The brave person thinks of themselves last of all.
Philosophers ruin language, poets ruin logic, but with human reasoning alone man will never make it through life.
Only those who have to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily
A beautiful soul has no other merit, but it's existence
He that is over -- cautious will accomplish little.
If you want to know yourself, Just look how others do it; If you want to understand others, Look into your own heart. What is life without the radiance of love?