Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & 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.

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

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

God will forgive me that's his business. business

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

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

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

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

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

You cannot feed the hungry on statistics. science

When words leave off, music begins. music

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

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

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

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

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There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. 3 views from John Millington Synge

3 views from John Millington Synge

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. 28 sayings from William Butler Yeats

28 sayings from William Butler Yeats

Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. 27 more thoughts from Dave Barry

27 more thoughts from Dave Barry

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. 74 quotes from Winston Churchill

74 quotes from Winston Churchill