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

Quote by Heinrich Heine

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When words leave off, music begins.

When words leave off, music begins.

In politics, as in life, we must above all things wish only for the attainable.

In politics, as in life, we must above all things wish only for the attainable.

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...

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.

God will forgive me. It's his job.

God will forgive me. It's his job.

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

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

When the heroes go off the stage, the clowns come on.

When the heroes go off the stage, the clowns come on.

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,...

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...

God will forgive me; that's his business.

God will forgive me; that's his business.

Woman is at once apple and serpent.

Woman is at once apple and serpent.

True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary.

True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary.

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.

Whenever books are burned, men also in the end are burned.

Whenever books are burned, men also in the end are burned.

Oh, what lies there are in kisses.

Oh, what lies there are in kisses.

Matrimony; the high sea for which no compass has yet been invented.

Matrimony; the high sea for which no compass has yet been invented.

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...

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

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

If fear is cultivated it will become stronger, if faith is cultivated it will achieve...

If fear is cultivated it will become stronger, if faith is cultivated it will achieve...

If the Prodigal Son's a parable, and if Adam and Eve are metaphors, then maybe...

If the Prodigal Son's a parable, and if Adam and Eve are metaphors, then maybe...