Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

Heinrich Heine Poet

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: Germany
  • Born: Dec 13, 1797
  • Died: Feb 17, 1856

Christian Johann Heinrich Heine was a German poet, journalist, essayist, and literary critic. He is best known outside Germany for his early lyric poetry, which was set to music in the form of Lieder by composers such as Robert Schumann and Franz Schubert. Heine's later verse and prose are distinguished by their satirical wit and irony. His radical political views led to many of his works being banned by German authorities. Heine spent the last 25 years of his life as an expatriate in Paris.

When words leave off, music begins. music

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

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

Sleep is good, death is better but of course, the best thing would to have never been born at all. best & death

Sleep is lovely, death is better still, not to have been born is of course the miracle. death

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

God will forgive me that's his business. business

Human misery is too great for men to do without faith. faith & men

God will forgive me. It's his job. forgiveness & God

The Bible is the great family chronicle of the Jews. family

Communism possesses a language which every people can understand - its elements are hunger, envy, and death. death

Experience is a good school. But the fees are high. experience

If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world. education & time

You cannot feed the hungry on statistics. science

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