It would be necessary that they should be already sages to love wisdom.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER
Friedrich Schiller on love
Friedrich Schiller317 quotes“It would be necessary that they should be already sages to love wisdom.”
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