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

Quote by Heinrich Heine

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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...

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...

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 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...

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

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

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.

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

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

Atheism is the last word of theism

Atheism is the last word of theism

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

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

When words leave off, music begins.

When words leave off, music begins.

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

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

I will not say that women have no character; rather, they have a new one...

I will not say that women have no character; rather, they have a new one...

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...

Oh, what lies there are in kisses.

Oh, what lies there are in kisses.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...