Ludwig Borne Quotes

Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth.

Women are most adorable when they are afraid; that's why they frighten so easily.

The secret of power is the knowledge that others are more cowardly than you are.

Governments are the sails, the people the wind, the country is the ship and time is the sea.

You are not loved when you are lovely, but when you are loved you are found to be lovely.

Because I was born a slave, I love liberty more than you.

Only the suppressed word is dangerous.

History teaches us virtue, but nature never ceases to teachh us vice.

If you must hate, if hatred is the leaven of your life, which alone can give flavor, then hate what should be hated: falsehood, violence, selfishness.

The difference between Liberty and liberties is as great as God and gods.

The most dangerous person is the fearful; he is the most to be feared.

Nothing is lasting but change; nothing perpetual but death.

Ministers fall like buttered slices of bread: usually on their good side.

Nought endures but change.

Women are most adorable when they are afraid that's why they frighten so easily.