That which is so universal as death must be a benefit.
Friedrich Schiller
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More quotes by Friedrich Schiller
- Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance.
- The strong man is strongest when alone.
- Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men.
- Art is the daughter of freedom.
- Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom.