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

- Ludwig Borne

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

- 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

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

- Ludwig Borne

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

- 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 …

- Ludwig Borne

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

- Ludwig Borne

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

- Ludwig Borne