Heinrich Heine

One should forgive one's enemies, but not before they are hanged.

Where words leave off, music begins.

With his night-cap and his night-shirt tatters,He botches up the loop-holes in the structure of the world.

And yonder sits a maiden, The fairest of the fair, With gold in her garment glittering, And she combs her golden hair.

The music at a wedding procession always reminds me of the music of soldiers going into battle.

Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings.

Music played at weddings always reminds me of the music played for soldiers before they go into battle.

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

God will forgive me. It's his job.

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

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

Of course God will forgive me that's His job.

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

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

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

When words leave off, music begins.

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

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