Inspiration without intellect is useless and dangerous; and… - Novalis

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Inspiration without intellect is useless and dangerous; and the poet will be able to perform few wonders, when he is astonished by wonders.

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Baron Georg Philipp Friedrich von Hardenberg (2 May 1772 – 25 March 1801) was an author, philosopher and poet of early German Romanticism. He is most commonly known by the pseudonym Novalis (denoting a "clearer of new land" — derived from a tradition of his ancestors, who had called themselves de Novali).

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Alternative Names: Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg • Friedrich von Hardenberg

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Inspiration without intellect is useless and dangerous; and the poet will be able to perform few wonders, when he is astonished by wonders. - Novalis

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