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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Poverty sits by the cradle of all our great men, and rocks them up to...

Poverty sits by the cradle of all our great men, and rocks them up to...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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,...

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

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

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

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

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...

The Bible is the great family chronicle of the Jews.

The Bible is the great family chronicle of the Jews.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

Language is the light of the mind

Language is the light of the mind

I've always loved the flirtatious tango of consonants and vowels, the sturdy dependability of nouns...

I've always loved the flirtatious tango of consonants and vowels, the sturdy dependability of nouns...