Sleep is lovely, death is better still, not to have been born is of course the miracle.

Quote by Heinrich Heine

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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.

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...

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...

Sleep is good, death is better; but of course, the best thing would to have...

Sleep is good, death is better; but of course, the best thing would to have...

Atheism is the last word of theism

Atheism is the last word of theism

Atheism is the last word of theism.

Atheism is the last word of theism.

Oh, what lies there are in kisses.

Oh, what lies there are in kisses.

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 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...

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

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

The men of action are, after all, only the unconscious instruments of the men of...

The men of action are, after all, only the unconscious instruments of the men of...

God will forgive me. It's his job.

God will forgive me. It's his job.

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

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

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.

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...

Whether a revolution succeeds or fails people of great hearts will always be sacrificed to...

Whether a revolution succeeds or fails people of great hearts will always be sacrificed to...

When the heroes go off the stage, the clowns come on.

When the heroes go off the stage, the clowns come on.

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

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

Every man, either to his terror or consolation, has some sense of religion.

Every man, either to his terror or consolation, has some sense of religion.