When the mechanic has to mend a watch he lets the wheels run out; but the living watchworks of the state have to be repaired while they act, and a wh… - Friedrich Schiller

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When the mechanic has to mend a watch he lets the wheels run out; but the living watchworks of the state have to be repaired while they act, and a wheel has to be exchanged for another during its revolutions.

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About Friedrich Schiller

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (10 November 1759 – 9 May 1805), usually known as Friedrich Schiller, was a German poet, physician, historian, dramatist, and playwright.

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Native Name: Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
Alternative Names: Schillerean Johann Christian Friedrich von Schiller Johann C. F. Schiller Johann Christoph Friedrich Schiller Schiller Fridrikh Shiller Fridrikh Shiler F. Shiller Frideriko Schiller Joh. Christoph Friedrich von Schiller Frederick Schiller Hsi-le Friedrich von Schiller

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Who dares impede my progress? Who presume The spirit to control which guideth me? Still must the arrow wing its destined flight! Where danger is, there must Johanna be; Nor now, nor here, am I foredoomed to fall; Our monarch's royal brow I first must see Invested with the round of sovereignty. No hostile power can rob me of my life, Till I've accomplished the commands of God.

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REY. ¿Puedes implantar para mí una nueva fe que justifique el sangriento homicidio de un hijo?
INQUISIDOR GENERAL. Como expiación a la justicia eterna, murió el Hijo de Dios en la cruz.
REY. ¿Sembrarás ese parecer por toda Europa?
INQUISIDOR GENERAL. Tan lejos como se venere la cruz.
REY. Atento contra la naturaleza... ¿también acallarás esa poderosa voz?
INQUISIDOR GENERAL. Ante la fe, ninguna voz de la naturaleza tiene valor.

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