I do not know if she was virtuous, but she was ugly, and with a woman that is half the battle

Quote by Heinrich Heine

Topics: Being A Woman Quotes, Virtue Quotes

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...

He only profits from praise who values criticism.

He only profits from praise who values criticism.

Woman is at once apple and serpent.

Woman is at once apple and serpent.

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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 Bible is the great family chronicle of the Jews.

The Bible is the great family chronicle of the Jews.

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 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...

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...

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

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

Great genius takes shape by contact with another great genius, but, less by assimilation than...

Great genius takes shape by contact with another great genius, but, less by assimilation than...

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.

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

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

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...

I do not know if she was virtuous, but she was ugly, and with a...

I do not know if she was virtuous, but she was ugly, and with a...

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

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

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...