Friedrich Hebbel Quote

Whatever a man may gain, he must pay for dearly, even if it is only with the fear of losing it.

There are many people who don't believe in anything, but who are afraid of everything.

Friedrich Hebbel

There are people who would find comfort even in the end of the world, as long as they had announced it.

Friedrich Hebbel

Do not honor with your hatred those whom you could not honor with your love.

Friedrich Hebbel

Our virtues are often the illegitimate children of our vices.

Friedrich Hebbel

Believing something is possible is making it true.

Friedrich Hebbel

The eyes are the point where the soul and the body intertwine.

Friedrich Hebbel

Often, youth is criticized for believing that the world begins with them. True, but old age often believes even more frequently that the world ends with them. What is worse?

Friedrich Hebbel

A prisoner is a preacher of freedom.

Friedrich Hebbel

To more than one who says that life is short, the day seems too long.

Friedrich Hebbel

We must act, not to go against destiny, but to go ahead of it.

Friedrich Hebbel

The issue is the problem; the form is the solution.

Friedrich Hebbel