Regarded in isolation, an idea may be quite insignificant, … — Friedrich Schiller

"Regarded in isolation, an idea may be quite insignificant, and venturesome in the extreme, but it may acquire importance from an idea which follows it; perhaps, in a certain collocation with other ideas, which may seem equally absurd, it may be capable of furnishing a very serviceable link."

Friedrich Schiller Playwright, Poet

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Source: Friedrich Schiller (1852). “Poems and Ballads ... translated by Sir E. B. Lytton ... With a brief sketch of Schiller's life”, p.199

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Friedrich Schiller

Playwright, Poet

Friedrich Schiller was a German poet and playwright known for his exploration of freedom and humanity in works like 'The Robbers' and 'William Tell'.

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