Music played at weddings always reminds me of the music played for soldiers before they go into battle.

Quote by Heinrich Heine

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He only profits from praise who values criticism.

He only profits from praise who values criticism.

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.

Woman is at once apple and serpent

Woman is at once apple and serpent

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...

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...

God will forgive me; that's his business.

God will forgive me; that's his business.

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

Oh, what lies there are in kisses.

Oh, what lies there are in kisses.

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...

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...

The Bible is the great family chronicle of the Jews.

The Bible is the great family chronicle of the Jews.

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...

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.

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

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