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

Quote by Heinrich Heine

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Oh, what lies there are in kisses.

Oh, what lies there are in kisses.

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.

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...

It is a common phenomenon that just the prettiest girls find it so difficult to...

It is a common phenomenon that just the prettiest girls find it so difficult to...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Woman is at once apple and serpent

Woman is at once apple and serpent

God will forgive me. It's his job.

God will forgive me. It's his job.

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.

Christ rode on an ass, but now asses ride on Christ.

Christ rode on an ass, but now asses ride on Christ.

Every man, either to his terror or consolation, has some sense of religion.

Every man, either to his terror or consolation, has some sense of religion.

Atheism is the last word of theism.

Atheism is the last word of theism.

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

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

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...

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...

Nature fits all her children with something to do, he who would write and can't...

Nature fits all her children with something to do, he who would write and can't...

Those who work in a preconceived style, deliberately turning their backs on nature, miss the...

Those who work in a preconceived style, deliberately turning their backs on nature, miss the...

For the mind disturbed, the still beauty of dawn is nature's finest balm.

For the mind disturbed, the still beauty of dawn is nature's finest balm.