Heinrich Heine Quotes

When the heroes go off the stage the clowns come on.

Matrimony - the high sea for which no compass has yet been invented.

Music is a strange thing. I would almost say it is a miracle. For it stands halfway between thought and phenomenon between spirit and matter.

It is extremely difficult for a Jew to be converted for how can he bring himself to believe in the divinity of - another Jew?

It must require an inordinate share of vanity and presumption after enjoying so much that is good and beautiful on earth to ask the Lord for immortality in addition to it all.

God will pardon me. It's his business.

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

When words leave off, music begins.

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

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

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