Ludwig Borne Quotes & Sayings

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

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

Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth. — Ludwig Borne

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

Nothing is lasting but change; nothing perpetual but death. — Ludwig Borne

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nought endures but change. — Ludwig Borne

Only the suppressed word is dangerous. — Ludwig Borne

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