Sleep is good, death is better; but of course, the best thing would to have never been born at all.

Quote by Heinrich Heine

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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.

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

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

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...

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...

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 Bible is the great family chronicle of the Jews.

The Bible is the great family chronicle of the Jews.

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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.

God will forgive me. It's his job.

God will forgive me. It's his job.

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...

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

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

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.

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...

Have mercy on me, OGod, because of your unfailing love. Because of your great compassion,...

Have mercy on me, OGod, because of your unfailing love. Because of your great compassion,...

I argue very well. Ask any of my remaining friends. I can win an argument...

I argue very well. Ask any of my remaining friends. I can win an argument...