Ludwig Tieck

“Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.”

“He who has a true friend has no need of a mirror.”

“A book is a friend that never deceives.”

“Art is the magic of the soul.”

“Music is the moonlight in the gloomy night of life.”

“The spring is the only revolutionary in the world.”

“Love makes its own summer.”

“<strong class="highlight">Solitudestrong> is the home of the strong.”

“Life is a short, wild dream.”

“Every beginning is a consequence – every beginning ends something.”

“Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself.”

“The heart of man is a world of its own, with its own sun, moon, and stars.”

“Man can never be wholly beautiful, for he can never be wholly good.”

“The world is a great poem, and the poet is its interpreter.”