One should forgive one's enemies, but not before they are hanged

Quote by Heinrich Heine

Topics: Truth Quotes

Of course God will forgive me; that's His job.

Of course God will forgive me; that's His job.

I will not say that women have no character; rather, they have a new one...

I will not say that women have no character; rather, they have a new one...

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

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

Woman is at once apple and serpent.

Woman is at once apple and serpent.

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

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

Like a great poet, Nature knows how to produce the greatest effects with the most...

Like a great poet, Nature knows how to produce the greatest effects with the most...

If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time...

If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time...

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...

Music played at weddings always reminds me of the music played for soldiers before they...

Music played at weddings always reminds me of the music played for soldiers before they...

I have never seen an ass who talked like a human being, but I have...

I have never seen an ass who talked like a human being, but I have...

Sleep is lovely, death is better still, not to have been born is of course...

Sleep is lovely, death is better still, not to have been born is of course...

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,...

Sleep is good, death is better; but of course, the best thing would to have...

Sleep is good, death is better; but of course, the best thing would to have...

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.

Atheism is the last word of theism.

Atheism is the last word of theism.

Christ rode on an ass, but now asses ride on Christ.

Christ rode on an ass, but now asses ride on Christ.

In earlier religions the spirit of the time was expressed through the individual and confirmed...

In earlier religions the spirit of the time was expressed through the individual and confirmed...

Archimedes said that with a long enough lever and a solid enough place to stand,...

Archimedes said that with a long enough lever and a solid enough place to stand,...

The world is not a prison house but a kind of spiritual kindergarten where millions...

The world is not a prison house but a kind of spiritual kindergarten where millions...

And among His Signs Is the creation of the heavens And the earth, and the...

And among His Signs Is the creation of the heavens And the earth, and the...

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.