Quotes by

Heinrich Heine

The foolish race of mankind are swarming below in the night; they shriek and rage and quarrel — and all of them are right. – Heinrich Heine

Whatever tears one may shed, in the end one always blows ones nose. – Heinrich Heine

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. – Heinrich Heine

In these times we fight for ideas and newspapers are our fortress. – Heinrich Heine

It must require an inordinate share of vanity and presumption, too, after enjoying so much that is good and beautiful on earth, to ask the Lord for immortality in addition to it all. – Heinrich Heine

The lotus flower is troubled
At the suns resplendent light;
With sunken head and sadly
She dreamily waits for the night. – Heinrich Heine

In the marvellous month of May
when all the buds were bursting,
then in my heart did
love arise.

In the marvellous month of May
when all the birds were singing,
then did I reveal to her
my yearning and longing. – Heinrich Heine

Whenever books are burned men also in the end are burned. – Heinrich Heine

Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings. – Heinrich Heine

Oh what lies lurk in kisses! – Heinrich Heine

God will forgive me. Its his job. – Heinrich Heine

God will forgive me thats his business. – Heinrich Heine

I will not say that women have no character rather, they have a new one every day. – Heinrich Heine

The Wedding March always reminds me of the music played when soldiers go into battle. – Heinrich Heine

You cannot feed the hungry on statistics. – Heinrich Heine

Every man, either to his terror or consolation, has some sense of religion. – Heinrich Heine

The Bible is the great family chronicle of the Jews. – Heinrich Heine

Human misery is too great for men to do without faith. – Heinrich Heine

Experience is a good school. But the fees are high. – Heinrich Heine

If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world. – Heinrich Heine