Top 19 Quotes & Sayings by Ludwig Borne

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Last updated on September 17, 2024.

Karl Ludwig Börne was a German-Jewish political writer and satirist, who is considered part of the Young Germany movement.

German - Writer | May 6, 1786 - February 12, 1837

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

Ludwig Borne

Goodwill is the one and only asset that competition cannot undersell or destroy.

Ludwig Borne

If one age believes too much it is natural that another believes too little.

Ludwig Borne

Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.

Ludwig Borne

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

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Only the suppressed word is dangerous.

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

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

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

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Nought endures but change.

Ludwig Borne

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.

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

Ludwig Borne

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

Ludwig Borne

Nothing is lasting but change; nothing perpetual but death.

Ludwig Borne

To be original you must listen to the voice of your heart rather than the clamor of the world - and have the courage to teach publicly what you have learned. The source of all genius is sincerity; men would be wiser if they were more moral.

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

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

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

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Nothing endures except change; nothing is constant except death. Every heartbeat wounds us, and life would be an eternal bleeding to death, were it not for literature. It grants us what nature does not: a golden time that doesn't rust, a springtime that never wilts, cloudless happiness and eternal youth. [my translation]

Ludwig Borne

Top 19 Quotes & Sayings by Ludwig Borne

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