The history of the world is the world's court of justice.
Stets ist die Sprache kecker als die Tat.
As freely as the firmament embraces the world, or the sun pours forth impartially his beams, so mercy must encircle both friend and foe.
Ach! Es war nicht meine Wahl!
The will of man is his happiness.
Der Mensch spielt nur, wo er in voller Bedeutung des Wortes Mensch ist, und er ist nur da ganz Mensch, wo er spielt.
He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times.
Liebe Freunde! Es gab schönre Zeiten/ Als die unsern - das ist nicht zu streiten!
Worthless is the nation that does not gladly stake its all on its honor.
Man sollt' den Tag nicht vor dem Abend loben.
The universe is one of God's thoughts.
Das Gesetz ist der Freund des Schwachen.
Votes should be weighed not counted.
Wir sind ein Volk, und einig wolln wir handeln.
It does not prove a thing to be right because the majority say it is so.
Dreifach ist der Schritt der Zeit:/ Zögernd kommt die Zukunft hergezogen,/ pfeilschnell ist das Jetzt verflogen,/ ewig still steht die Vergangenheit.
It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans.
Es reden und träumen die Menschen viel/ Von bessern künftigen Tagen,/ Nach einem glücklichen goldenen Ziel/ Sieht man sie rennen und jagen.
In the society, where people are just parts in a larger machine, individuals are unable to develop fully.
Die Liebe ist der Liebe Preis.
Honesty prospers in every condition of life.
Der seltene Mann will seltenes Vertrauen. Gebt ihm den Raum, das Ziel wird er sich setzen.
Revenge is barren of itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on; its delight is murder, and its end is despair.
So wie die Anmut der Ausdruck einer schönen Seele ist, so ist die Würde der Ausdruck einer erhabenen Gesinnung.
Appearance rules the world.
Was man nicht aufgibt, hat man nie verloren.
Live with your century; but do not be its creature.
Sieh vorwärts, Werner, und nicht hinter dich!
There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny.
Rasch tritt der Tod den Menschen an,/ es ist ihm keine Frist gegeben,/ es stürzt ihn mitten in die Bahn,/ es reißt ihn fort vom vollen Leben./ Bereitet oder nicht, zu gehn,/ er muß vor seinem Richter stehn.
Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.
Des Menschen Wille, das ist sein Glück.
Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change.
Das Leben ist nur ein Moment, der Tod ist auch nur einer.
A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled one is truly vanquished.
"Woran erkenn ich den besten Staat?" Woran du die beste Frau kennst! Daran, mein Freund, daß man von beiden nicht spricht.
Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain.
Nur ein verzweifelter Spieler setzt alles auf einen Wurf.
To gain a crown by fighting is great, to reject it divine.
Nur vom Nutzen wird die Welt regiert.
Great souls suffer in silence.
Hier gilt es, Schütze, deine Kunst zu zeigen: Das Ziel ist würdig, und der Preis ist groß.
With stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain.
Erst handeln und dann reden.
Nothing leads to good that is not natural.
Verbunden werden auch die Schwachen mächtig.
No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart.
Mach es Wenigen recht. Vielen gefallen ist schlimm.
There is room in the smallest cottage for a happy loving pair.
Von des Lebens Gütern allen/ Ist der Ruhm das höchste doch,/ Wenn der Leib in Staub zerfallen,/ Lebt der große Name noch.
The key to education is the experience of beauty.
Bleib da, Pfäfflein, fürcht dich nit,/ Sag dein Sprüchel und teils uns mit.
Aesthetic matters are fundamental for the harmonious development of both society and the individual.
A noble heart will always capitulate to reason.
The strong man is strongest when alone.
It is easy to give advice from a port of safety.
Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the great name still lives.
The jest loses its point when he who makes it is the first to laugh.
Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.
It hinders the creative work of the mind if the intellect examines too closely the ideas as they pour in.
Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful.
Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance.
Knowledge, the object of knowledge and the knower are the three factors which motivate action; the senses, the work and the doer comprise the threefold basis of action.
The rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized world.
The world is ruled only by consideration of advantages.
The greater part of humanity is too much harassed and fatigued by the struggle with want, to rally itself for a new and sterner struggle with error.
Freedom can occur only through education.
No doubt the artist is the child of his time; but woe to him if he is also its disciple, or even its favorite.
Will it, and set to work briskly.
Disappointments are to the soul what a thunderstorm is to the air.
He who considers too much will perform little.
Every true genius is bound to be naive.
The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.
Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine.
I am better than my reputation.
It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal a crown. The blame diminishes as the guilt increases.
To save all we must risk all.
Art is the daughter of freedom.
All things must; man is the only creature that wills.
Mankind is made great or little by its own will.
It is often wise to reveal that which cannot be concealed for long.
A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.
Opposition always inflames the enthusiast, never converts him.
Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men's opinions of us, forms our true honor.
Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators.
Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom.
That which is so universal as death must be a benefit.
Dare to err and to dream. Deep meaning often lies in childish plays.
They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom.
Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men.
Full of wisdom are the ordinations of fate.
Man only plays when in the full meaning of the word he is a man, and he is only completely a man when he plays.
Not without a shudder may the human hand reach into the mysterious urn of destiny.
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