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O who knows what slumbers in the background of the times?
Friedrich Schiller
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Friedrich Schiller
Age: 45 †
Born: 1759
Born: November 10
Died: 1805
Died: May 9
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Johann Christian Friedrich von Schiller
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No doubt the artist is the child of his time but woe to him if he is also its disciple, or even its favorite.
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Yet have I ever heard it said that spies and tale-bearers have done more mischief in this world than poisoned bowl or the assassin's dagger.
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Rigor pushed too far is sure to miss its aim, however good, as the bow snaps that is bent too stiffly.
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You have to go the rounds from individual to individual in order to gather the totality of the race.
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He, that noble prize possessing He that boasts a friend that's true, He whom woman's love is blessing, Let him join the chorus too!
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Only the soldier is a free man, because he can look death in the face.
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In a narrow circle the mind contracts. Man grows with his expanded needs.
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Stern is the visage of necessity.
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Will it, and set to work briskly.
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We must bear what Heaven sends.
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Virtue, though clothed in a beggar's garb, commands respect.
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It is through beauty that we arrive at freedom.
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Soon is the struggle past, and to the earth, To the eternal sun, I render back These atoms, joined in me for pain and pleasure.
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