True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary.

Quote by Heinrich Heine

Topics: Language Quotes

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Oh, what lies there are in kisses.

Oh, what lies there are in kisses.

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...

The Bible is the great family chronicle of the Jews.

The Bible is the great family chronicle of the Jews.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

Those who begin by burning books will end by burning 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.

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

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

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

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

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 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...

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...

That FML moment when; you hop into bed, get under your covers, then realized you...

That FML moment when; you hop into bed, get under your covers, then realized you...

Why the hell is my bed so uncomfortable when I'm trying to go to sleep,...

Why the hell is my bed so uncomfortable when I'm trying to go to sleep,...