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

Quote by Heinrich Heine

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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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Whatever tears one may shed, in the end one always blows one's nose.

Whatever tears one may shed, in the end one always blows one's nose.

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...

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

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

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...

God will forgive me. It's his job.

God will forgive me. It'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.

Woman is at once apple and serpent

Woman is at once apple and serpent

Oh, what lies there are in kisses.

Oh, what lies there are in kisses.

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...