Heinrich Heine
Poet
1797-12-13
Quotes by Heinrich Heine
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Where words leave off, music begins.
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And yonder sits a maiden, The fairest of the fair, With gold in her garment glittering, And she combs her golden hair.
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The music at a wedding procession always reminds me of the music of soldiers going into battle.
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Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings.
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First, I thought, almost despairing,This must crush my spirit now;Yet I bore it, and am bearing-Only do not ask me how.
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A pine tree standeth lonelyIn the North on an upland bare;It standeth whitely shroudedWith snow, and sleepeth there.It dreameth of a Palm treeWhich far in the East alone,In the mournful silence standethOn its ridge of burning stone.
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Perfumes are the feelings of flowers.
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Lieb Liebchen, leg —s Händchen aufs Herze mein; -Ach, hörst du, wie's pochet im Kämmerlein,Da hauset ein Zimmermann schlimm und arg,Der zimmert mir einen Totensarg.Es hämmert und klopfet bei Tag und bei Nacht;Es hat mich schon längst um den Schlaf gebracht.Ach! sputet Euch, Meister Zimmermann,Damit ich balde schlafen kann.
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Where they burn books, at the end they also burn people
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With his night-cap and his night-shirt tatters,He botches up the loop-holes in the structure of the world.
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We should forgive our enemies, but not before they are hanged
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First, I thought, almost despairing,This must crush my spirit now;Yet I bore it, and am bearing-Only do not ask me how.
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Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings.
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With his night-cap and his night-shirt tatters,He botches up the loop-holes in the structure of the world.
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The music at a wedding procession always reminds me of the music of soldiers going into battle.
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Perfumes are the feelings of flowers.
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We should forgive our enemies, but not before they are hanged
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Where they burn books, at the end they also burn people
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Where words leave off, music begins.
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And yonder sits a maiden, The fairest of the fair, With gold in her garment glittering, And she combs her golden hair.
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