“He who does not love a flower, has lost all love and fear of God.”
Wer keine Blume mehr liebt, dem ist alle Liebe und Gottesfurcht verloren.
"Der Runenberg", from Phantasus (1812-16) http://ftp4.de.freesbie.org/pub/misc/gutenberg-de/1996/gutenb/tieck/runenbrg/runbrg3.htm; translation from Thomas Carlyle German Romance: Specimens of its Chief Authors, (London: Tait, 1827), vol. 2, p. 107.