"The arrow belongs not to the archer when……" — Heinrich Heine
"The arrow belongs not to the archer when it has once left the bow; the word no longer belongs to the speaker when it has once passed his lips, especially when it has been multiplied by the press."
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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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A prudent man... must behave like those archers who, if they are skillful, when the target seems too distant, know…
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If there is some end of the things we do, which we desire for its own sake, clearly this must…
— Aristotle
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Famous archer, Howard Hill won all of the 267 archery contests he entered. He could hit a bullseye at 50…
— Zig Ziglar
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The shot will go smoothly only when it takes the archer himself by surprise.
— Eugen Herrigel
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In archery we have something like the way of the superior man. When the archer misses the center of the…
— Confucius
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They tell us sometimes that if we had only kept quiet, all these desirable things would have come about of…
— Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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As irrigators lead water where they want, as archers make their arrows straight, as carpenters carve wood, the wise shape…
— Gautama Buddha
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As an irrigator guides water to his fields, as an archer aims an arrow, as a carpenter carves wood, the…
— Gautama Buddha
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Although extraordinary valor was displayed by the entire corps of Spartans and Thespians, yet bravest of all was declared the…
— Herodotus
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It concerns us to know the purposes we seek in life, for then, like archers aiming at a definite mark,…
— Aristotle
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Knights are cavalry, bishops are archers, rooks are cannons and queens are wizards.
— Unknown Author
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Bowmen bend their bows when they wish to shoot: unbrace them when the shooting is over. Were they kept always…
— Herodotus
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