The fundamental evil of the world arose from the fact that the good lord has not created money enough. — Heinrich Heine
The men of action are, after all, only the unconscious instruments of the men of thought. — Heinrich Heine
The wedding march always reminds me of the music played when soldiers go into battle. — Heinrich Heine
Sleep is good, death is better; but of course, the best thing would to have never been born at all. — Heinrich Heine
Sleep is lovely, death is better still, not to have been born is of course the miracle. — Heinrich Heine
Music played at weddings always reminds me of the music played for soldiers before they go into battle. — Heinrich Heine
Like a great poet, nature knows how to produce the greatest effects with the most limited means. — Heinrich Heine
In earlier religions the spirit of the time was expressed through the individual and confirmed by miracles. — Heinrich Heine
It is a common phenomenon that just the prettiest girls find it so difficult to get a man. — Heinrich Heine
I have never seen an ass who talked like a human being, but I have met many human beings who talked like asses. — Heinrich Heine
If the romans had been obliged to learn latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world. — Heinrich Heine
I do not know if she was virtuous, but she was ugly, and with a woman that is half the battle. — Heinrich Heine
I fell asleep reading a dull book and dreamed I kept on reading, so I awoke from sheer boredom. — Heinrich Heine
Great genius takes shape by contact with another great genius, but, less by assimilation than by fiction. — Heinrich Heine
Communism possesses a language which every people can understand – its elements are hunger, envy, and death. — Heinrich Heine
True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary. — Heinrich Heine
