About Ludwig Tieck: Johann Ludwig Tieck was a German poet, translator, editor, novelist, writer of Novellen, and critic, who was one of the founding fathers of the Romantic movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
The noble man is only God's image.
He is not dead who departs from life with a high and noble fame; but he is dead, even while living, whose brow is branded with infamy.
