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

Quote by Heinrich Heine

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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...

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...

Woman is at once apple and serpent.

Woman is at once apple and serpent.

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...

God will forgive me. It's his job.

God will forgive me. It's his job.

Woman is at once apple and serpent

Woman is at once apple and serpent

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...

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...

God will forgive me; that's his business.

God will forgive me; that's his business.

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

Christ rode on an ass, but now asses ride on Christ.

Christ rode on an ass, but now asses ride on Christ.

I have never seen an ass who talked like a human being, but I have...

I have never seen an ass who talked like a human being, but I have...

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.

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...

I consider nature a vast chemical laboratory in which all kinds of composition and decompositions...

I consider nature a vast chemical laboratory in which all kinds of composition and decompositions...

Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.

Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.