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
I have enjoyed the happiness of the world; I have loved.
Misery travels free through the whole world!
The history of the world is the world's court of justice.
The world is ruled only by consideration of advantages.
Appearance rules the world.
The rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized world.
The world's history is the world's judgment.
Yet have I ever heard it said that spies and tale-bearers have done more mischief in this world than poisoned bowl or the assassin's dagger.
To the fool-king belongs the world.
There is a nobility in the world of manners.
For the world is only governed by self-interest.
As freely as the firmament embraces the world, or the sun pours forth impartially his beams, so mercy must encircle both friend and foe.
Love guides the stars towards each other, the world plan endures only through love.
Disappointments are to the soul what the thunder-storm is to the air