“Many a crown shines spotless now
That yet was deeply sullied in the winning.”
Friedrich Schiller Wallenstein
Act II, sc. ii
Wallenstein (1798), Part II - Wallensteins Tod (The Death of Wallenstein)
“Many a crown shines spotless now
That yet was deeply sullied in the winning.”
Friedrich Schiller Wallenstein
Act II, sc. ii
Wallenstein (1798), Part II - Wallensteins Tod (The Death of Wallenstein)
Friedrich Schiller Ode to Joy
Stanza 8
An die Freude (Ode to Joy; or Hymn to Joy) (1785)
“He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times.”
Friedrich Schiller Wallenstein
Prologue
Wallenstein (1798), Prologue - Wallensteins Lager (Wallenstein's Camp)
“The most pious man can't stay in peace
If it doesn't please his evil neighbor.”
Friedrich Schiller William Tell
Act IV, sc. iii
Wilhelm Tell (1803)
“Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators.”
Friedrich Schiller Wallenstein
Prologue
Wallenstein (1798), Prologue - Wallensteins Lager (Wallenstein's Camp)
Friedrich Schiller Die Worte des Glaubens
Die Worte des Glaubens (The Word of the Faithful), st. 3 (1797)
Kannst du nicht allen gefallen durch deine That und dein Kunstwerk, // Mach es wenigen recht, vielen gefallen ist schlimm.
Tabulae Votivae (Votive Tablets) (1796), "Choice"; tr. Edgar Alfred Bowring, The Poems of Schiller, Complete (1851)
Friedrich Schiller Wallenstein
Act V, sc. xi
Wallenstein (1798), Part II - Wallensteins Tod (The Death of Wallenstein)
Friedrich Schiller Wallenstein
Act II, sc. ii
Wallenstein (1798), Part II - Wallensteins Tod (The Death of Wallenstein)