Every complete man has his genius. True virtue is genius.

Quote by Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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Beauty is that which is simultaneously attractive and sublime.

Beauty is that which is simultaneously attractive and sublime.

The surest method of being incomprehensible or, moreover, to be misunderstood is to use words...

The surest method of being incomprehensible or, moreover, to be misunderstood is to use words...

Man is a creative retrospection of nature upon itself.

Man is a creative retrospection of nature upon itself.

Where there is politics or economics, there is no morality.

Where there is politics or economics, there is no morality.

An artist is he for whom the goal and center of life is to form...

An artist is he for whom the goal and center of life is to form...

He who has religion will speak poetry. But philosophy is the tool with which to...

He who has religion will speak poetry. But philosophy is the tool with which to...

The historian is a prophet looking backward.

The historian is a prophet looking backward.

Religion is absolutely unfathomable. Always and everywhere one can dig more deeply into infinities.

Religion is absolutely unfathomable. Always and everywhere one can dig more deeply into infinities.

Think of something finite molded into the infinite, and you think of man.

Think of something finite molded into the infinite, and you think of man.

He who does not become familiar with nature through love will never know her.

He who does not become familiar with nature through love will never know her.

Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos.

Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos.

An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work...

An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work...

Duty is for Kant the One and All. Out of the duty of gratitude, he...

Duty is for Kant the One and All. Out of the duty of gratitude, he...

What is lost in the good or excellent translation is precisely the best.

What is lost in the good or excellent translation is precisely the best.

In true prose everything must be underlined.

In true prose everything must be underlined.

The subject of history is the gradual realization of all that is practically necessary.

The subject of history is the gradual realization of all that is practically necessary.

A classical work doesn't ever have to be understood entirely. But those who are educated...

A classical work doesn't ever have to be understood entirely. But those who are educated...

Wit as an instrument of revenge is as infamous as art is as a means...

Wit as an instrument of revenge is as infamous as art is as a means...

Plato's philosophy is a dignified preface to future religion.

Plato's philosophy is a dignified preface to future religion.

Nothing truly convincing - which would possess thoroughness, vigor, and skill - has been written...

Nothing truly convincing - which would possess thoroughness, vigor, and skill - has been written...