A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.

Quote by Friedrich Von Schiller

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Genuine morality is preserved only in the school of adversity; a state of continuous prosperity...

Genuine morality is preserved only in the school of adversity; a state of continuous prosperity...

Disappointments are to the soul what the thunder-storm is to the air.

Disappointments are to the soul what the thunder-storm is to the air.

No greater grief than to remember days of gladness when sorrow is at hand

No greater grief than to remember days of gladness when sorrow is at hand

Keep true to the dreams of your youth.

Keep true to the dreams of your youth.

Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.

Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.

They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom.

They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom.

A healthy nature needs no God or immortality

A healthy nature needs no God or immortality

Sorrow is brief but joy is endless

Sorrow is brief but joy is endless

Historians are prophets with their face turned backward.

Historians are prophets with their face turned backward.

Against stupidity the very Gods themselves toil in vain.

Against stupidity the very Gods themselves toil in vain.

The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.

The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.

Votes should be weighed, not counted

Votes should be weighed, not counted

There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs...

There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs...

Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain.

Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain.

It is easy to give advice from a port of safety.

It is easy to give advice from a port of safety.

Only those who have to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do...

Only those who have to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do...

Love is the reward of love

Love is the reward of love

Disappointments are to the soul what the thunder-storm is to the air

Disappointments are to the soul what the thunder-storm is to the air

Rigid beliefs make disappointments seem unbearable, whereas realistic beliefs help us to accept disappointment and...

Rigid beliefs make disappointments seem unbearable, whereas realistic beliefs help us to accept disappointment and...

Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world...

Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world...