Matrimony; the high sea for which no compass has yet been invented.

Quote by Heinrich Heine

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

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

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

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

Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two...

Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two...

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...

Oh, what lies there are in kisses.

Oh, what lies there are in kisses.

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...

Woman is at once apple and serpent

Woman is at once apple and serpent

Woman is at once apple and serpent.

Woman is at once apple and serpent.

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...

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...

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 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...

One should forgive one's enemies, but not before they are hanged

One should forgive one's enemies, but not before they are hanged

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

My wife is a sex object - every time I ask for sex, she objects.

My wife is a sex object - every time I ask for sex, she objects.

War begins like a pretty girl with whom every man wants to flirt and ends...

War begins like a pretty girl with whom every man wants to flirt and ends...