In earlier religions the spirit of the time was expressed through the individual and confirmed by miracles. In modern religions the spirit is expressed through the many and confirmed by reason.

Quote by Heinrich Heine

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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...

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...

The men of action are, after all, only the unconscious instruments of the men of...

The men of action are, after all, only the unconscious instruments of the men of...

Experience is a good school, but the fees are high.

Experience is a good school, but the fees are high.

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...

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...

Oh, they loved dearly: their souls kissed, they kissed with their eyes, they were both...

Oh, they loved dearly: their souls kissed, they kissed with their eyes, they were both...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

In these times we fight for ideas and newspapers are our fortress.

In these times we fight for ideas and newspapers are our fortress.

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.

It is extremely difficult for a Jew to be converted, for how can he bring...

It is extremely difficult for a Jew to be converted, for how can he bring...

Whatever tears one may shed, in the end one always blows one's nose.

Whatever tears one may shed, in the end one always blows one's nose.

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...

Woman is at once apple and serpent

Woman is at once apple and serpent

Poverty sits by the cradle of all our great men, and rocks them up to...

Poverty sits by the cradle of all our great men, and rocks them up to...

I had noticed that both in the very poor and very rich extremes of society...

I had noticed that both in the very poor and very rich extremes of society...

Nature makes us poor only when we want necessaries, but custom gives the name of...

Nature makes us poor only when we want necessaries, but custom gives the name of...