The fundamental evil of the world arose from the fact that the good Lord has not created money enough.

Quote by Heinrich Heine

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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...

Atheism is the last word of theism.

Atheism is the last word of theism.

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.

It is a common phenomenon that just the prettiest girls find it so difficult to...

It is a common phenomenon that just the prettiest girls find it so difficult to...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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 Bible is the great family chronicle of the Jews.

The Bible is the great family chronicle of the Jews.

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

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

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...

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...

One should forgive one's enemies, but not before they are hanged

One should forgive one's enemies, but not before they are hanged

God will forgive me; that's his business.

God will forgive me; that's his business.

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...

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

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

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...

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

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