Quotes by Friedrich Hölderlin

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Poet and philosopher · German · 1770–1843

German poet and philosopher (1770–1843)

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“I am mortal born to love and to suffer.”

“For our generation walks as in Hades, without the divine.”

“What has always made a hell on earth has been that man has tried to make it his heaven.”

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“What has always made a hell on earth has been that man has tried to make it his heaven.”

— Friedrich Holderlin

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“I am mortal born to love and to suffer.”

— Friedrich Holderlin

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“For our generation walks as in Hades, without the divine.”

— Friedrich Hölderlin

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“I want to build / and raise anew / Theseus' Temple and the Stadiums / and where Pericles livedBut there's no money, too much spent today / I had a guest over and we sat together.”

— Friedrich Hölderlin

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“I am mortal born to love and to suffer.”

— Friedrich Holderlin

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