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Man is lyrical, woman epic, marriage dramatic.
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Novalis
Age: 28 †
Born: 1772
Born: May 2
Died: 1801
Died: March 25
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Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg
Friedrich von Hardenberg
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Philosophy is really nostalgia, the desire to be at home.
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Hypotheses are nets: only he who casts will catch.
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A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer.
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Philosophy is properly home-sickness the wish to be everywhere at home.
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