Novalis Quotes


Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.


Citations

Novalis. Novalis Schriften, vol. 2, edited by Ludwig Tieck and Friedrich Schlegel, G. Reimer, 1837, p. 119.

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Novalis
Novalis
  • Born: May 2, 1772
  • Died: March 25, 1801
  • Nationality: German
  • Profession: Prose Writer, Poet, Mystic, Philosopher, Civil Engineer, Mineralogist

Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg, better known by his pen name Novalis (German pronunciation: [noˈvaːlɪs]), was an 18th-century German aristocrat, poet, author, mystic and philosopher of Early German Romanticism.