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He talks nonsense; to a sensible man there is no such thing as chance.

— Ludwig Tieck

Er spricht Unsinn; für den Vernünftigen
Menschen giebt es gar keinen Zufall.

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He who does not love a flower, has lost all love and fear of God.

Love knows no winter; no, no! It is, and remains the sign of spring.

True love fears no winter.
No, no!
Its spring is and ever remains.

The noble man is only God's image.

The truly beautiful, the great and sublime, when it overpowers us with astonishment and admiration, still does not surprise us as a thing foreign, never heard of, never seen; but, on the other hand, our own inmost nature in such moments becomes clear to us, our deepest remembrances are awakened, our dearest feelings made alive.

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