May Quotes by Heinrich Heine

10 May quotes by Heinrich Heine

Heinrich Heine’s May reflections blend his lyrical wit with a concise, punchy each line ten lines give a taste, poetic view of spring. The ten‑quote set offers a focused taste of his romantic insight.

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A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.

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Sweet May hath come to love us, Flowers, trees, their blossoms don; And through the blue heavens above us The very clouds…

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Sweet May lies fresh before us, To life the young flowers leap, And through the Heaven's blue o'er us The rosy cloudlets…

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Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a…

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He who fights with priests may make up his mind to have his poor good name torn and befouled by the most…

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God has given us speech in order that we may say pleasant things to our friends, and tell bitter truths to our…

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Tell me who first did kisses suggest? It was a mouth all glowing and blest; It kissed and it thought of nothing…

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At Dresden on the Elbe, that handsome city, Where straw hats, verses, and cigars are made, They've built (it well may make…

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

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Nothing is sillier than this charge of plagiarism. There is no sixth commandment in art. The poet dare help himself wherever he…

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First, I thought, almost despairing, This must crush my spirit now; Yet I bore it, and am bearing- Only do not ask me how.

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A lonely fir-tree is standing On a northern barren height; It sleeps, and the ice and snow-drift Cast round it a garment of white.

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“Still is the night, it quiets the streets down, In that window my love would appear; She's long since gone away from this town,…

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The dragon-fly is dancing,— Is on the water glancing, She flits about with nimble wing, The flickering, fluttering, restless thing. Besotted chafers all admire…

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There is one thing on earth more terrible than English music, and that is English painting.

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He is noble who both feels and acts nobly.

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