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
Friedrich Schiller quotes about
As inclination changes, thus ebbs and flows the unstable tide of public judgment.
Cowards have done good and kind actions, but a coward never pardoned.
Vast, colossal destiny, which raises man to fame, though it may also grind him to powder!
Gray hairs are death's blossoms.
Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators.
Opposition always inflames the enthusiast, never converts him.
Aesthetic matters are fundamental for the harmonious development of both society and the individual.
A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.
The rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized world.
To gain a crown by fighting is great, to reject it divine.
It does not prove a thing to be right because the majority say it is so.
The iron chain and the silken cord are both equally bonds.
Dare to err and to dream. Deep meaning often lies in childish plays.
You saw his weakness, and he will never forgive you.