No greater grief than to remember days of gladness when sorrow is at hand

Quote by Friedrich Von Schiller

Topics: Grief Quotes

It is easy to give advice from a port of safety.

It is easy to give advice from a port of safety.

One can give advice comfortably from a safe port.

One can give advice comfortably from a safe port.

They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom.

They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom.

Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain.

Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain.

Sorrow is brief but joy is endless

Sorrow is brief but joy is endless

Only those who have to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do...

Only those who have to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do...

There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs...

There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs...

Genuine morality is preserved only in the school of adversity; a state of continuous prosperity...

Genuine morality is preserved only in the school of adversity; a state of continuous prosperity...

Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.

Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.

The zeal of friends it is that knocks me down, and not the hate of...

The zeal of friends it is that knocks me down, and not the hate of...

Against stupidity the very Gods themselves toil in vain.

Against stupidity the very Gods themselves toil in vain.

Disappointments are to the soul what the thunder-storm is to the air.

Disappointments are to the soul what the thunder-storm is to the air.

Only those who have to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do...

Only those who have to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do...

Love is the reward of love

Love is the reward of love

Here rests in honored glory an American soldier known but to God

Here rests in honored glory an American soldier known but to God

The great happiness of life, I find, after all, to consist in the regular discharge...

The great happiness of life, I find, after all, to consist in the regular discharge...

Historians are prophets with their face turned backward.

Historians are prophets with their face turned backward.

I learned more from my mother than from all the art historians and curators who...

I learned more from my mother than from all the art historians and curators who...

Historians still often see the end of the war as meaning nothing more for Germany...

Historians still often see the end of the war as meaning nothing more for Germany...

Historians don't really like to carry on speculative debates, but you could certainly argue that...

Historians don't really like to carry on speculative debates, but you could certainly argue that...