Heinrich Heine
Heinrich Heine
Christian Johann Heinrich Heinewas a German poet, journalist, essayist, and literary critic. He is best known outside Germany for his early lyric poetry, which was set to music in the form of Liederby composers such as Robert Schumann and Franz Schubert. Heine's later verse and prose are distinguished by their satirical wit and irony. He is considered part of the Young Germany movement. His radical political views led to many of his works being banned by German authorities. Heine spent...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth13 December 1797
CountryGermany
Oh, what lies there are in kisses.
Atheism is the last word of theism
That was only the beginning - where one burns books, one will finally also burn people.
God will pardon me. It is His trade.
With the rose the butterfly's deep in love, A thousand times hovering round; But round himself, all tender like gold, The sun's sweet ray is hovering found.
Oh, they loved dearly: their souls kissed, they kissed with their eyes, they were both but one single kiss.
The foolish race of mankind are swarming below in the night; they shriek and rage and quarrel - and all of them are right.
In politics, as in life, we must above all things wish only for the attainable.
Das war ein vorspeil nur; That was only a prelude; dort wo man Buecher verbrennt, Where one burns books, vebrennt man auch am Ende One will also burn people Menchen. Eventually.
Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
Like a great poet, Nature knows how to produce the greatest effects with the most limited means.
Oh fair, oh sweet and holy as dew at morning tide, I gaze on thee, and yearnings, sad in my bosom hide.
It is an ancient story Yet is it ever new.
And once again we plighted our troth, And titter'd, caress'd, kiss'd so dearly.