Memorable Quotes and quotations from Heinrich HeineHeinrich Heine German critic & poet (1797 - 1856)Heinrich Heine - - Be entirely tolerant or not at all; follow the good path or the evil one. To stand at the crossroads requires more strength than you possess. Heinrich Heine - - I fell asleep reading a dull book and dreamed I kept on reading, so I awoke from sheer boredom. Heinrich Heine - - When books are burned in the end people will be burned too. Heinrich Heine - - Experience is a good school, but the fees are high. Heinrich Heine - - The music at a wedding procession always reminds me of the music of soldiers going into battle. Heinrich Heine - - Sleep is lovely, death is better still, not to have been born is of course the miracle. Heinrich Heine - - There are more fools in the world than there are people. Heinrich Heine - - Ordinarily he was insane, but he had lucid moments when he was merely stupid. Heinrich Heine - - He only profits from praise who values criticism. Heinrich Heine - - The Romans would never have found time to conquer the world if they had been obliged first to learn Latin. Heinrich Heine - - Oh, what lies there are in kisses! Heinrich Heine - From his play Almansor (1821) - Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings. (Dort, wo man B?cher verbrennt, verbrennt man am Ende auch Menschen) Heinrich Heine - - The weather-cock on the church spire, though made of iron, would soon be broken by the storm-wind if it... did not understand the noble art of turning to every wind. |
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