Poverty sits by the cradle of all our great men, and rocks them up to manhood; and this meager foster-mother remains their faithful companion throughout life

Quote by Heinrich Heine

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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 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...

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...

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

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

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

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

God will forgive me; that's his business.

God will forgive me; that's his business.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

Whenever books are burned, men also in the end are burned.

Whenever books are burned, men also in the end are burned.

Communism possesses a language which every people can understand - its elements are hunger, envy,...

Communism possesses a language which every people can understand - its elements are hunger, envy,...

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.

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...

Atheism is the last word of theism.

Atheism is the last word of theism.

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...

The Bible is the great family chronicle of the Jews.

The Bible is the great family chronicle of the Jews.

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...