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Live with your century but do not be its creature.
Friedrich Schiller
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Friedrich Schiller
Age: 45 †
Born: 1759
Born: November 10
Died: 1805
Died: May 9
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Heaven and earth fight in vain against a dunce!
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On the mountains there is freedom! The world is perfect everywhere, Save where man comes with his torment.
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A noble soul spreads even over a face in which the architectonic beauty is wanting an irresistible grace, and a often even triumphs over the natural disfavor.
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