Heinrich Heine Quotes


Sleep is good, death is better; but of course, the best thing would to have never been born at all. Heinrich Heine Death 440
We should forgive our enemies but not before they are hanged Heinrich Heine Revenge 175
Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings. Heinrich Heine Censorship 161
Thought precedes action as lighting does thunder. Heinrich Heine Thought 153
The men of action are, after all, only the unconscious instruments of the men of thought. Heinrich Heine Action 108
In the marvellous month of May when all the buds were bursting,then in my heart didlove arise.In the marvellous month of Maywhen all the birds were singing,then did I reveal to hermy yearning and longing. Heinrich Heine Seasons 103
I will not say that women have no character; rather, they have a new one every day. Heinrich Heine Women 102
Sleep is lovely, death is better still, not to have been born is of course the miracle. Heinrich Heine Death 102
Woman is at once apple and serpent. Heinrich Heine Uncategorized 100
I do not know if she was virtuous, but she was ugly, and with a woman that is half the battle. Heinrich Heine Uncategorized 97
Every age has its problem, by solving which, humanity is helped forward. Heinrich Heine Problems 97
Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings. Heinrich Heine Books 97
The men of the past had convictions, while we moderns have only opinions. Heinrich Heine Opinions 96
Jews who long have drifted from the faith of their fathers are stirred in their inmost parts when the old, familiar Passover sounds chance to fall upon their ears. Heinrich Heine God 96
Mark this well, you proud men of action! you are, after all, nothing but unconscious instruments of the men of thought. Heinrich Heine Actions 93
In these times we fight for ideas and newspapers are our fortress. Heinrich Heine News 92
God will forgive me. It's his job. Heinrich Heine Forgiveness 90
Experience is a good school. But the fees are high. Heinrich Heine Experience 88
Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings. Heinrich Heine Evil 86
Like a great poet, Nature knows how to produce the greatest effects with the most limited means. Heinrich Heine Nature 84
The Wedding March always reminds me of the music played when soldiers go into battle. Heinrich Heine Wedding 83
In politics, as in life, we must above all things wish only for the attainable. Heinrich Heine Politics 83
Matrimony is the high sea for which no compass has yet to be invented. Heinrich Heine Marriage 80
You cannot feed the hungry on statistics. Heinrich Heine Science 76
There are more fools in the world than there are people. Heinrich Heine Ignorance 75
Das war ein Vorspiel nur dort wo man Bcher verbrennt verbrennt man am Ende auch Menschen. That was but a prelude where they burn books they will ultimately burn people also. Heinrich Heine Censorship 73
While we are indifferent to our good qualities, we keep on deceiving ourselves in regard to our faults, until we come to look on them as virtues. Heinrich Heine Self 72
Whenever books are burned men also in the end are burned. Heinrich Heine Censorship 72
Ask me not what I have, but what I am. Heinrich Heine Uncategorized 71
Great genius takes shape by contact with another great genius, but, less by assimilation than by fiction. Heinrich Heine Genius 70
I fell asleep reading a dull book and dreamed I kept on reading, so I awoke from sheer boredom. Heinrich Heine Boredom 69
When the heroes go off the stage, the clowns come on. Heinrich Heine Uncategorized 65
Communism possesses a language which every people can understand - its elements are hunger, envy, and death. Heinrich Heine Death 61
Oh, what lies there are in kisses. Heinrich Heine Kisses 61
Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks. Heinrich Heine Eloquence 60
In earlier religions the spirit of the time was expressed through the individual and confirmed by miracles. In modern religions the spirit is expressed through the many and confirmed by reason. Heinrich Heine Confirmed 59
The weather-cock on the church spire, though made of iron, would soon be broken by the storm-wind if it did not understand the noble art of turning to every wind. Heinrich Heine Adaptability 58
It must require an inordinate share of vanity and presumption, too, after enjoying so much that is good and beautiful on earth, to ask the Lord for immortality in addition to it all. Heinrich Heine Impermanence 58
When words leave off, music begins. Heinrich Heine Music 55
Matrimony; the high sea for which no compass has yet been invented. Heinrich Heine Uncategorized 54
I have smelt all the aromas there are in the fragrant kitchen they call Earth; and what we can enjoy in this life, I surely have enjoyed just like a lord! Heinrich Heine Life 52
The Bible is the great family chronicle of the Jews. Heinrich Heine Family 48
The foolish race of mankind are swarming below in the night; they shriek and rage and quarrel -- and all of them are right. Heinrich Heine Fight 48
Human misery is too great for men to do without faith. Heinrich Heine Men 47
Perfumes are the feelings of flowers. Heinrich Heine Flowers 46
God will forgive me; that's his business. Heinrich Heine Business 45
He only profits from praise who values criticism. Heinrich Heine Uncategorized 44
Whether a revolutions succeeds or fails people of great hearts will always be sacrificed to it. Heinrich Heine Revolution 42
A blaspheming Frenchman is a spectacle more pleasing to the Lord than a praying Englishman. Heinrich Heine Britain 42
Atheism is the last word of theism. Heinrich Heine Uncategorized 42

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