Top 9 Quotes & Sayings by Ernst Moritz Arndt

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a German poet Ernst Moritz Arndt.

Last updated on December 22, 2024.

Ernst Moritz Arndt was a German nationalist historian, writer and poet. Early in his life, he fought for the abolition of serfdom, later against Napoleonic dominance over Germany. Arndt had to flee to Sweden for some time due to his anti-French positions. He is one of the main founders of German nationalism and the 19th century movement for German unification. After the Carlsbad Decrees, the forces of the restoration counted him as a demagogue.

German - Poet | December 26, 1769 - January 29, 1860

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Nothing that is really good and God-like dies.

Ernst Moritz Arndt

The brave man, indeed, calls himself lord of the land, through his iron, through his blood.

Ernst Moritz Arndt

Tears are the messengers of true love.

Ernst Moritz Arndt

Freedom is where you can live, as pleases a brave heart; where you can live according to the customs and laws of your Fathers; where you are made happy by that which made your most distant ancestors happy.

Ernst Moritz Arndt

Who has no own conviction dissipates himself in the imitation of others.

Ernst Moritz Arndt

Only those who feel little in the eyes of God, can hope to be mighty in the eyes of men.

Ernst Moritz Arndt

They managed to sleep together, but there wasn't enough for dreaming.

Ernst Moritz Arndt

Sorrow eats your heart and courage.

Ernst Moritz Arndt

Who has never exploded in a fury does not know love either.

Ernst Moritz Arndt