I cannot explain the sadness That's fallen on my breast. An old, old fable haunts me, And will not let me rest.— Heinrich Heine sadness
Money bequeathed to my wife "on the express condition that she remarry. I want at least one person to be truly bereaved by my death."— Heinrich Heine death
At first I was almost about to despair, I thought I never could bear it — but I did I bear it. The question remains: how?— Heinrich Heine thought
Mark this well, you proud men of action: You are nothing but the unwitting agents of the men of thought who often, in quiet self-effacement, mark out most exactly all your doings in advance.— Heinrich Heine men
He who will establish himself on a certain height must yield according to circumstances, like the weather-cock on a church-spire, which, though it be made of iron, would soon be broken by the storm-wind if it remained obstinately immovable, and did not understand the noble art of turning to every wind.— Heinrich Heine art
People in those old times had convictions; we moderns only have opinions. And it needs more than a mere opinion to erect a Gothic cathedral.— Heinrich Heine time
He who will establish himself on a certain height must yield according to circumstances, like the weather-cock on a church-spire, which, though it be made of iron, would soon be broken by the storm-wind if it remained obstinately immovable, and did not understand the noble art of turning to every wind. But a great man will never so far contradict his own feelings as to see, or, it may be, increase, with cold-blooded indifference, the misfortunes of his fellow country-men.— Heinrich Heine art
Wild, dark times are rumbling toward us, and the prophet who wishes to write a new apocalypse will have to invent entirely new beasts, and beasts so terrible that the ancient animal symbols of St. John will seem like cooing doves and cupids in comparison.— Heinrich Heine war
Christianity is an idea, and as such is indestructible and immortal, like every idea.— Heinrich Heine idea
Great genius takes shape by contact with another great genius, but less by assimilation than by friction.— Heinrich Heine genius
What! Think you that my flashes show me Only in lightnings to excel? Believe me, friends, you do not know me, For I can thunder quite as well.— Heinrich Heine friends
The future smells of Russian leather, of blood, of godlessness and of much whipping. I advise our grandchildren to come into the world with very thick skin on their backs.— Heinrich Heine god
No talent, but a character.— Heinrich Heine character
So we keep asking, over and over, Until a handful of earth Stops our mouths — But is that an answer?— Heinrich Heine art
If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world.— Heinrich Heine time
My songs, they say, are poisoned. How else, love, could it be? Thou hast, with deadly magic, Poured poison into me.— Heinrich Heine love
Oh what lies there are in kisses! And their guile so well prepared! Sweet the snaring is; but this is Sweeter still, to be ensnared.— Heinrich Heine lies
Oaks shall be rent; the Word shall shatter — Yea, on that fiery day, the Crown, Even the palace walls shall totter, And domes and spires come crashing down.— Heinrich Heine day
The music at a wedding procession always reminds me of the music of soldiers going into battle.— Heinrich Heine music
The fundamental evil of the world arose from the fact that the good Lord has not created money enough.— Heinrich Heine money
Christianity - and that is its greatest merit - has somewhat mitigated that brutal Germanic love of war, but it could not destroy it. Should that subduing talisman, the cross, be shattered, the frenzied madness of the ancient warriors, that insane Berserk rage of which Nordic bards have spoken and sung so often, will once more burst into flame. This talisman is fragile, and the day will come when it will collapse miserably. Then the ancient stony gods will rise from the forgotten debris and rub the dust of a thousand years from their eyes, and finally Thor with his giant hammer will jump up and smash the Gothic cathedrals.— Heinrich Heine love
Do not smile at my advice -- the advice of a dreamer who warns you against Kantians, Fichteans, and philosophers of nature. Do not smile at the visionary who anticipates the same revolution in the realm of the visible as has taken place in the spiritual. Thought precedes action as lightning precedes thunder. German thunder is of true Germanic character; it is not very nimble, but rumbles along ponderously. Yet, it will come and when you hear a crashing such as never before has been heard in the world's history, then you know that the German thunderbolt has fallen at last. At that uproar the eagles of the air will drop dead, and lions in the remotest deserts of Africa will hide in their royal dens. A play will be performed in Germany which will make the French Revolution look like an innocent idyll.— Heinrich Heine war
Communism possesses a language which every people can understand - its elements are hunger, envy, and death.— Heinrich Heine death
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 man
I will not say that women have no character; rather, they have a new one every day.— Heinrich Heine women
Great genius takes shape by contact with another great genius, but, less by assimilation than by fiction.— Heinrich Heine fiction
Like a great poet, Nature knows how to produce the greatest effects with the most limited means.— Heinrich Heine poet
I have never seen an ass who talked like a human being, but I have met many human beings who talked like asses.— Heinrich Heine man
Sleep is good, death is better; but of course, the best thing would to have never been born at all.— Heinrich Heine death
Music played at weddings always reminds me of the music played for soldiers before they go into battle.— Heinrich Heine music
Whether a revolution succeeds or fails people of great hearts will always be sacrificed to it.— Heinrich Heine art
I fell asleep reading a dull book and dreamed I kept on reading, so I awoke from sheer boredom.— Heinrich Heine reading
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