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

Quote by Heinrich Heine

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God will forgive me. It's his job.

God will forgive me. It'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...

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

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

He only profits from praise who values criticism.

He only profits from praise who values criticism.

Woman is at once apple and serpent

Woman is at once apple and serpent

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.

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.

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...

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

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

Oh, what lies there are in kisses.

Oh, what lies there are in kisses.

Woman is at once apple and serpent.

Woman is at once apple and serpent.

The Bible is the great family chronicle of the Jews.

The Bible is the great family chronicle of the Jews.

He only profits from praise who values criticism.

He only profits from praise who values criticism.

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.

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...

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

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

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...

Music played at weddings always reminds me of the music played for soldiers before they...

Music played at weddings always reminds me of the music played for soldiers before they...

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...

The Wedding March always reminds me of the music played when soldiers go into battle.

The Wedding March always reminds me of the music played when soldiers go into battle.