Heinrich Heine
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Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings.
(Dort, wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man am Ende auch Menschen)
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When books are burned in the end people will be burned too.
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There are more fools in the world than there are people.
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Be entirely tolerant or not at all; follow the good path or the evil one. To stand at the crossroads requires more strength than you possess.
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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.
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He only profits from praise who values criticism.
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Dieu me pardonnera. C'est son m'etier
(God will forgive me. It's his profession)
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Experience is a good school, but the fees are high.
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One should forgive one's enemies, but not before they are hanged.
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The music at a wedding procession always reminds me of the music of soldiers going into battle.
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Sleep is lovely, death is better still, not to have been born is of course the miracle.
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Oh, what lies there are in kisses!
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I fell asleep reading a dull book and dreamed I kept on reading, so I awoke from sheer boredom.
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Dieu me pardonnera. C'est son metier.
(God will forgive me. It's his job.)
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The Romans would never have found time to conquer the world if they had been obliged first to learn Latin.
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Ordinarily he was insane, but he had lucid moments when he was merely stupid.