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What is the wisdom of a book compared with the wisdom of an angel?

Friedrich Hölderlin

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Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin (20 March 1770 – 6 June 1843) was a major German lyric poet, whose work bridges the Classical and Romantic schools.

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Native Name: Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin

Alternative Names: Frederich Holderlin

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"Man kann auch in die Höhe fallen, so wie in die Tiefe. ("One can as well fall into height as into depth")"

La poesía es aquello que escapa de la historicidad, lo que no puede explicarse mediante un discurso histórico razonable y sin embargo mantiene su significado a través de la historia.

in the union of nature, loyalty is no dream! We part only to be more intimately at one, more divinely at peace with all, with each other. We die so as to live.

What is the wisdom of a book compared with the wisdom of an angel? - Friedrich Hölderlin

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