Quote of Friedrich Schiller - The dignity of mankind is in...
Biography - Friedrich Schiller:
German poet and philosopher.
Born: 1759 - Died: 1805
Period:
19th century
18th century
Place of birth: Germany
Born: 1759 - Died: 1805
Period:
19th century
18th century
Place of birth: Germany
The dignity of mankind is in your hands; protect it!
It sinks with you! With you it will ascend.
It sinks with you! With you it will ascend.
Translation
(French, German)
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Quotes about human nature:
Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If the caveman had known how to laugh, History would have been different.
Humankind has become so much one family that we cannot ensure our own prosperity except by ensuring that of everyone else. If you wish to be happy yourself, you must resign yourself to seeing others also happy.
Quotes for: Dignity
All our dignity consists, then, in thought. By it we must elevate ourselves, and not by space and time which we cannot fill.
Let us endeavour then to think well; this is the principle of morality.
Let us endeavour then to think well; this is the principle of morality.
Friedrich Schiller also said...
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