There shall be no slave in your home, male or female: Least of all the mother of your son. Votes: 10
A person who looks different all the time frightens me. Only one animal changes its skin: the snake. Votes: 5
Before passing different laws for different people, I'd relinquish myself unto you as your slave. Votes: 4
Gold is the gift of vanity and common pride, but flowers are the gift of love and friendship. Votes: 0
What raises great poetry above all else--it is the entire person and also the entire world. Votes: 0
The verdict on Prince Metternich will soon be out: An excellent diplomat and a bad politician. Votes: 0
Robespierre, this pedant of freedom! Votes: 0
When receiving an order, many servants repeat their "yes" numerous times, especially the lazy ones. Votes: 0
Prose talks and poetry sings. Votes: 0
Do old people always live in the past? What yesterday was firm and true, may not be so today. Votes: 0
I love the pride whose measure is its own eminence and not the insignificance of someone else. Votes: 0
The real genres: good and bad. Votes: 0
If someone were to think that trees are made to support the sky, they would all seem too short. Votes: 0
A wise man can and should stand above his times, not so the poet, but he should be their apex. Votes: 0
Freedom requires guns. Votes: 0
Man will return to his origins. Goethe has finally become as squiggly as the city of his fathers. Votes: 0
The thing that pleases is not always good and, helas, the good thing does not always please. Votes: 0
Piety is the fermentation of the forming mind and the putrefaction of the disintegrating one. Votes: 0
The noble woman is half a man, even a complete one. Only their imperfections make them women. Votes: 0
A love that dies has never lived. Votes: 0
Love! Hate! Is there no third? Votes: 0
I would love to be able to write a tragedy in my imagination--it would turn into a masterpiece. Votes: 0