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
Let no one despair, even though in the darkest night the last star of hope may disappear.
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.
The key to education is the experience of beauty.
Virtue, though clothed in a beggar's garb, commands respect.
The universe is a thought of God.
I am better than my reputation
Forgiveness is the divinest of victories.
Live with your century; but do not be its creature.
Virtue is no empty echo.
Joy, thou spark from Heav'n immortal, Daughter of Elysium! Drunk with fire, toward Heaven advancing Goddess, to thy shrine we come. Thy sweet magic brings together What stern Custom spreads afar; All men become brothers Where thy happy wing-beats are.
The hat is the pride of man; for he who cannot keep his hat on before kings and emperors is no free man.
With stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain.