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

Quote by Heinrich Heine

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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...

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,...

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.

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...

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 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...

Atheism is the last word of theism.

Atheism is the last word of theism.

When words leave off, music begins.

When words leave off, music begins.

In these times we fight for ideas and newspapers are our fortress.

In these times we fight for ideas and newspapers are our fortress.

Experience is a good school, but the fees are high.

Experience is a good school, but the fees are high.

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...

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.

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.

He only profits from praise who values criticism.

He only profits from praise who values criticism.

Oh, what lies there are in kisses.

Oh, what lies there are in kisses.

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...

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.

Conduct is more convincing than language

Conduct is more convincing than language

A blush is no language; only a dubious flag - signal which may mean either...

A blush is no language; only a dubious flag - signal which may mean either...

And among His Signs Is the creation of the heavens And the earth, and the...

And among His Signs Is the creation of the heavens And the earth, and the...