Quotes by german authors

Live with your century; but do not be its creature. Friedrich Schiller
Live Century Your Creature
He who considers too much will perform little. Friedrich Schiller
Too Much Will Too Considers He Perform Little Much Who
Full of wisdom are the ordinations of fate. Friedrich Schiller
Wisdom Fate Full
Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the great name still lives. Friedrich Schiller
Life Great Dust Possessions Sunk Noblest Name Still Fame Body Lives
He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times. Friedrich Schiller
Time Best Own He His Times Done Who Lived
That which is so universal as death must be a benefit. Friedrich Schiller
Death Benefit Must Which Universal
Not without a shudder may the human hand reach into the mysterious urn of destiny. Friedrich Schiller
Destiny Mysterious Reach Without Hand May Human Shudder
No doubt the artist is the child of his time; but woe to him if he is also its disciple, or even its favorite. Friedrich Schiller
Time Doubt Favorite No Doubt He Also Him Disciple Woe His Child Artist Even
Power is the most persuasive rhetoric. Friedrich Schiller
Power Most Rhetoric Persuasive
The world is ruled only by consideration of advantages. Friedrich Schiller
World Consideration Ruled Only Advantages
It is often wise to reveal that which cannot be concealed for long. Friedrich Schiller
Wise Long Concealed Reveal Often Cannot Which
A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast. Friedrich Schiller
Guest Feast Wedding Gloomy Fits
All things must; man is the only creature that wills. Friedrich Schiller
Man Must Wills All Things Only Creature Things
They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom. Friedrich Schiller
Love Wisdom Wise Would Order To Love Need
It does not prove a thing to be right because the majority say it is so. Friedrich Schiller
Say Majority Because Does Prove Right Thing
In the society, where people are just parts in a larger machine, individuals are unable to develop fully. Friedrich Schiller
People Society Machine Unable Develop Individuals Parts Just Where Fully Larger
The first, that their pretensions to this possession of an art properly so called in their art of speaking are entirely unfounded; and the second, that they are involved in a profound mistake in their confusion of the good with the pleasant. Friedrich Schleiermacher
Art Good Mistake Confusion First Pleasant Possession Entirely Properly Involved So-Called Speaking Second Profound
The Swedish Academy of Sciences has seen fit, by awarding the Nobel Prize, to honour the method of producing ammonia from nitrogen and hydrogen. Fritz Haber
Seen Honour Nitrogen Hydrogen Nobel Nobel Prize Academy Sciences Method Fit Prize Swedish Producing Awarding
Under natural conditions, the soil does not lose its fixed nitrogen. Fritz Haber
Natural Soil Lose Nitrogen Does Conditions Fixed
I had to examine myself very thoroughly to find the right path personally. Fritz Sauckel
Myself Path Right Path Thoroughly Find Examine Had Very Personally Right
It so happened that I was on a German sailing vessel on the way to Australia when the ship was captured, and on the high seas I was made prisoner by the French. Fritz Sauckel
Made Prisoner Way High High Seas French Sailing Ship Australia German Vessel Happened Captured Seas
The controversies between the proletariat and the middle class had to be smoothed out and bridged over by each getting to know and understand the other. Fritz Sauckel
Class Other Proletariat Out Had Between Over Know Understand Getting Controversies Middle Middle Class Each
Although as a sailor I despised politics - for I loved my sailor's life and still love it today - conditions forced me to take up a definite attitude towards political problems. Fritz Sauckel
Life Love Today Politics Attitude Me Political Problems Despised Definite Take Towards Forced Although Sailor Still Conditions Up Loved
As a cabin boy on a Norwegian sailing ship I earned five kronen a week in addition to my keep. Fritz Sauckel
Earned Addition Week Cabin Boy Sailing Ship Five Norwegian Keep
As regards personal relationships I cannot say that I had any particularly personal intercourse with anyone. Fritz Sauckel
Relationships Say Had Particularly Personal Any Anyone Personal Relationships Cannot Regards Intercourse
I did that all the more, if I may say so, because I was aware of the fact that there is an inclination to go to extremes in German people, and in the German character generally. Fritz Sauckel
Character People Extremes Say More Fact Generally Because Go German German People Did May Inclination Aware
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