Friedrich Schiller Quotes
It is well for a man when he has learned to endure what he cannot change, and to give up with dignity what he cannot retain.
Schiller, Friedrich. History of the Revolt of the Netherlands. Translated by A. J. W. Morrison, Harper & Brothers, 1847.
Johann Christoph Friedrich (von) Schiller was a German poet, philosopher, physician, historian, and playwright. During the last seventeen years of his life (1788–1805), Schiller developed a productive, if complicated, friendship with the already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. They frequently discussed issues concerning aesthetics, and Schiller encouraged Goethe to finish works he left as sketches. This relationship and these discussions led to a period now referred to as Weimar Classicism. They also worked together on Xenien, a collection of short satirical poems in which both Schiller and Goethe challenge opponents of their philosophical vision.
