Humanity may endure the loss of everything; all its possessions may be turned away without infringing its true dignity - all but the possibility of improvement.
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Nationality: German Type: Philosopher Born: May 19, 1762 Death: January 27, 1814 |
If you look at my last songs and first short stories, there is a real connection between them.
There is no better way of exercising the imagination than the study of law. No poet ever interpreted nature as freely as a lawyer interprets the truth.

