Historians are prophets with their face turned backward.

Quote by Friedrich Von Schiller

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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

Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.

Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.

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...

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

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

Love is the reward of love

Love is the reward of love

The great happiness of life, I find, after all, to consist in the regular discharge...

The great happiness of life, I find, after all, to consist in the regular discharge...

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

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

No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart.

No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart.

A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.

A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.

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...

Truth exists for the wise, beauty for the feeling heart.

Truth exists for the wise, beauty for the feeling heart.

The zeal of friends it is that knocks me down, and not the hate of...

The zeal of friends it is that knocks me down, and not the hate of...

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.

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...

A healthy nature needs no God or immortality

A healthy nature needs no God or immortality

Here rests in honored glory an American soldier known but to God

Here rests in honored glory an American soldier known but to God

If violence is wrong in America, violence is wrong abroad. If it is wrong to...

If violence is wrong in America, violence is wrong abroad. If it is wrong to...

The Senate is the last primitive society in the world. We still worship the elders...

The Senate is the last primitive society in the world. We still worship the elders...

Regan and George W Bush put the United States in more debt than all the...

Regan and George W Bush put the United States in more debt than all the...

Every evening I turn my worries over to God. He's going to be up all...

Every evening I turn my worries over to God. He's going to be up all...