Famous Quotes Out Of His Plays
“A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.”
*It is important to highlight that these quotes out of plays do not represent Schiller´s personal attitude or point of view. These quotes represent the attitude of his fictional protagonists he had invented in order to make his plays more vivid and impressive.*
"Stay true to the dreams of thy youth". (Elisabeth, in: Don Carlos)
"Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." (Talbot, in: The Maid of Orleans)
"Deeper meaning resides in the fairy tales told to me in my childhood than in any truth that is thaught in life."
"A tyrant´s power has a limit." (a Swiss freedom fighter, in: William Tell)
"The voice of the majority is no proof of justice." (Sapieha, in: Demetrius)
"It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons."
"Live with your century but do not be its creature." (From On the Aesthetic Education of Man)
"Stay true to the dreams of thy youth". (Elisabeth, in: Don Carlos)
"Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." (Talbot, in: The Maid of Orleans)
"Deeper meaning resides in the fairy tales told to me in my childhood than in any truth that is thaught in life."
"A tyrant´s power has a limit." (a Swiss freedom fighter, in: William Tell)
"The voice of the majority is no proof of justice." (Sapieha, in: Demetrius)
"It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons."
"Live with your century but do not be its creature." (From On the Aesthetic Education of Man)
