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
If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found the time to conquer the world
Poverty sits by the cradle of all our great men, and rocks them up to manhood; and this meager foster-mother remains their faithful companion throughout life
I will not say that women have no character; rather, they have a new one every day
One should forgive one's enemies, but not before they are hanged
Wherever they burn books they will also end up burning people.
Whether a revolutions succeeds or fails people of great hearts will always be sacrificed to it.
The Wedding March always reminds me of the music played when soldiers go into battle.
We should forgive our enemies, but only after they have been hanged first.
Every period of time is a sphinx that throws itself into the abyss as soon as its riddle has been solved.
You should only attempt to borrow from those who have but few of this world's goods, as their chests are not of iron, and they are, besides, anxious to appear wealthier than they really are.
Ask me not what I have, but what I am.
You cannot feed the hungry on statistics.
Sleep is good, death is better; but of course, the best thing would to have never been born at all.
Don't send a poet to London.