Friedrich Schiller Wise Quotations

It is often wise to reveal that which cannot be concealed for long.

They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom.

Wise to resolve, patient to perform.

He that is overcautious will accomplish little.

A childlike mind in its simplicity practises that science of good to which the wise may be blind.

Truth exists for the wise, beauty for the feeling heart.

Far must thy researches go Wouldst thou learn the world to know; Thou must tempt the dark abyss Wouldst thou prove what Being is; Naught but firmness gains the prize, Naught but fullness makes us wise, Buried deep truth e'er lies.

Folly, thou conquerest, and I must yield! Against stupidity the very gods Themselves contend in vain. Exalted reason, Resplendent daughter of the head divine, Wise foundress of the system of the world, Guide of the stars, who are thou then, if thou, Bound to the tail of folly's uncurb'd steed, Must, vainly shrieking, with the drunken crowd, Eyes open, plunge down headlong in the abyss.

To live is to dream, and to dream pleasantly is to be wise.