You are engrossed in botany? in optic? What are you doing? Is it not much nicer to move a tender heart? Ah well, those tender hearts! A bungler can easily move them; Let my only happiness be to stay in touch with you, Oh Nature!


Translated by Aterman K. Frankfurt, In R. Otto (ed.), Romische Elegien und Venezianische Epigramme (p. 53)

Friedrich Schelling Quotes

You are engrossed in botany? in optic? What are you doing? Is it not much nicer to move a tender heart? Ah well, those tender hearts! A bungler can...

You are engrossed in botany? in optic? What are you doing? Is it not much nicer to move a tender heart? Ah well, those tender hearts! A bungler can...

You are engrossed in botany? in optic? What are you doing? Is it not much nicer to move a tender heart? Ah well, those tender hearts! A bungler can...

You are engrossed in botany? in optic? What are you doing? Is it not much nicer to move a tender heart? Ah well, those tender hearts! A bungler can...