Whether a revolution succeeds or fails people of great hearts will always be sacrificed to it.

Quote by Heinrich Heine

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God will forgive me. It's his job.

God will forgive me. It's his job.

Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings.

Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings.

Every man, either to his terror or consolation, has some sense of religion.

Every man, either to his terror or consolation, has some sense of religion.

I fell asleep reading a dull book and dreamed I kept on reading, so I...

I fell asleep reading a dull book and dreamed I kept on reading, so I...

Experience is a good school. But the fees are high.

Experience is a good school. But the fees are high.

There are more fools in the world than there are people.

There are more fools in the world than there are people.

I fell asleep reading a dull book and dreamed I kept on reading, so I...

I fell asleep reading a dull book and dreamed I kept on reading, so I...

Those who begin by burning books will end by burning people.

Those who begin by burning books will end by burning people.

The fundamental evil of the world arose from the fact that the good Lord has...

The fundamental evil of the world arose from the fact that the good Lord has...

Communism possesses a language which every people can understand - its elements are hunger, envy,...

Communism possesses a language which every people can understand - its elements are hunger, envy,...

Human misery is too great for men to do without faith.

Human misery is too great for men to do without faith.

Oh, what lies there are in kisses.

Oh, what lies there are in kisses.

In these times we fight for ideas and newspapers are our fortress.

In these times we fight for ideas and newspapers are our fortress.

The Wedding March always reminds me of the music played when soldiers go into battle.

The Wedding March always reminds me of the music played when soldiers go into battle.

Ask me not what I have, but what I am.

Ask me not what I have, but what I am.

When words leave off, music begins.

When words leave off, music begins.

God will forgive me; that's his business.

God will forgive me; that's his business.

Whatever tears one may shed, in the end one always blows one's nose.

Whatever tears one may shed, in the end one always blows one's nose.

The men of action are, after all, only the unconscious instruments of the men of...

The men of action are, after all, only the unconscious instruments of the men of...

Atheism is the last word of theism.

Atheism is the last word of theism.