Friedrich Schiller Wallenstein
Act II, sc. ii
Wallenstein (1798), Part II - Wallensteins Tod (The Death of Wallenstein)
Quotes from workWallenstein
Friedrich SchillerOriginal title Wallenstein (German, 1800)
Wallenstein is the popular designation for a trilogy of dramas by German author Friedrich Schiller. It consists of the plays Wallenstein's Camp , a lengthy prologue, The Piccolomini , and Wallenstein's Death . Schiller himself also structured the trilogy into two parts, with Wallenstein I including Wallenstein's Camp and The Piccolomini, and Wallenstein II consisting of Wallenstein's Death. He completed the trilogy in 1799.
Friedrich Schiller Wallenstein
Act V, sc. xi
Wallenstein (1798), Part II - Wallensteins Tod (The Death of Wallenstein)
“Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators.”
Friedrich Schiller Wallenstein
Prologue
Wallenstein (1798), Prologue - Wallensteins Lager (Wallenstein's Camp)
“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)
“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 Wallenstein
Act II, sc. iv
Wallenstein (1798), Part I - Die Piccolomini (The Piccolomini)
“Life is earnest, art is gay.”
Friedrich Schiller Wallenstein
Prologue
Wallenstein (1798), Prologue - Wallensteins Lager (Wallenstein's Camp)
“I have only an office here, and no opinion.”
Friedrich Schiller Wallenstein
Act I, sc. v
Wallenstein (1798), Part II - Wallensteins Tod (The Death of Wallenstein)
“You say it as you understand it.”
Friedrich Schiller Wallenstein
Act II, sc. vi
Wallenstein (1798), Part I - Die Piccolomini (The Piccolomini)
Friedrich Schiller Wallenstein
Act I, sc. i
Wallenstein (1798), Part II - Wallensteins Tod (The Death of Wallenstein)
Friedrich Schiller Wallenstein
Act IV, sc. v, Kellermeister (Master of the Cellar)
Wallenstein (1798), Part I - Die Piccolomini (The Piccolomini)
“The dictates of the heart are the voice of fate.”
Friedrich Schiller Wallenstein
Act III, sc. viii
Wallenstein (1798), Part I - Die Piccolomini (The Piccolomini)
“Virtue has her heroes too
As well as Fame and Fortune.”
Friedrich Schiller Wallenstein
Act I, sc. vii
Wallenstein (1798), Part II - Wallensteins Tod (The Death of Wallenstein)
Friedrich Schiller Wallenstein
Act I, sc. ii
(de) Der Krieg ernährt den Krieg.
Wallenstein (1798), Part I - Die Piccolomini (The Piccolomini)
Friedrich Schiller Wallenstein
Act II, sc. iii
Wallenstein (1798), Part II - Wallensteins Tod (The Death of Wallenstein)
“What is the short meaning of the long speech?”
Friedrich Schiller Wallenstein
Act I, sc. ii
Wallenstein (1798), Part I - Die Piccolomini (The Piccolomini)
“In thy breast are the stars of thy fate.”
Friedrich Schiller Wallenstein
Act II, sc. vi
Wallenstein (1798), Part I - Die Piccolomini (The Piccolomini)
“Man is made of ordinary things, and habit is his nurse.”
Friedrich Schiller Wallenstein
Act I, sc. iv
Wallenstein (1798), Part II - Wallensteins Tod (The Death of Wallenstein)
Friedrich Schiller Wallenstein
Act I, sc. vi
Wallenstein (1798), Part I - Die Piccolomini (The Piccolomini)
“What is life without the radiance of love?”
Friedrich Schiller Wallenstein
Act IV, sc. xii
Wallenstein (1798), Part II - Wallensteins Tod (The Death of Wallenstein)
