"A lonely fir-tree is standing On a northern……" — Heinrich Heine
"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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172 Quotes by Heinrich Heine
Heinrich Heine has 172 quotes on this site.
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What lies lurk in kisses.
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True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary.
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Poverty sits by the cradle of all our great men and rocks all of them to manhood.
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There is one thing on earth more terrible than English music, and that is English painting.
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She resembles the Venus de Milo: she is very old, has no teeth, and has white spots on her yellow…
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I have a most peaceable disposition. My desires are for a modest hut, a thatched roof, but a good bed,…
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In the image of the lion made He kittens small and curious.
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Human misery is too great for men to do without faith.
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Like a great poet, Nature knows how to produce the greatest effects with the most limited means.
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Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk,…
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Oh, what lies there are in kisses.
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Atheism is the last word of theism
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More Barren Quotes
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Power without principle is barren, but principle without power is futile. This is a party of government, and I will…
— Tony Blair
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Exploring and colonizing Mars can bring us new scientific understanding of climate change, of how planet-wide processes can make a…
— Buzz Aldrin
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The road to success leads through the valley of humility, and the path is up the ladder of patience and…
— Unknown Author
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Speech is often barren; but silence also does not necessarily brood over a full nest. Your still fowl, blinking at…
— George Eliot
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I simply wanted to experience the presence of this man who had revolutionized my understanding. After a while we sat…
— Huston Smith
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Another diversity of Methods is according to the subject or matter which is handled; for there is a great difference…
— Francis Bacon
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Ireland is a fruitful mother of genius, but a barren nurse.
— John Boyle O'Reilly
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We look for some reward of our endeavors and are disappointed that not success, not happiness, not even peace of…
— Robert Louis Stevenson
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It is only in marriage with the world that our ideals can bear fruit; divorced from it, they remain barren.
— Bertrand Russell
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There is no theory. You have only to listen. Pleasure is the law. I love music passionately. And because l…
— Claude Debussy
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The grace of God, says Luther, "is like a flying summer shower." It has fallen upon more than one land,…
— Alexander MacLaren
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Man is a transitory being, and his designs must partake of the imperfections of their author. To confer duration is…
— Samuel Johnson
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