A classical work doesn't ever have to be understood entirely. But those who are educated and who are still educating themselves must desire to learn more and more from it.

Quote by Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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Many works of the ancients have become fragments. Many works of the moderns are fragments...

Many works of the ancients have become fragments. Many works of the moderns are fragments...

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...

When reason and unreason come into contact, an electrical shock occurs. This is called polemics.

When reason and unreason come into contact, an electrical shock occurs. This is called polemics.

Religion can emerge in all forms of feeling: here wild anger, there the sweetest pain;...

Religion can emerge in all forms of feeling: here wild anger, there the sweetest pain;...

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...

One has only as much morality as one has philosophy and poetry.

One has only as much morality as one has philosophy and poetry.

No idea is isolated, but is only what it is among all ideas.

No idea is isolated, but is only what it is among all ideas.

A so-called happy marriage corresponds to love as a correct poem to an improvised song.

A so-called happy marriage corresponds to love as a correct poem to an improvised song.

Mysteries are feminine; they like to veil themselves but still want to be seen and...

Mysteries are feminine; they like to veil themselves but still want to be seen and...

Nothing is more witty and grotesque than ancient mythology and Christianity; that is because they...

Nothing is more witty and grotesque than ancient mythology and Christianity; that is because they...

Combine the extremes, and you will have the true center.

Combine the extremes, and you will have the true center.

How many authors are there among writers? Author means originator.

How many authors are there among writers? Author means originator.

Man is free whenever he produces or manifests God, and through this he becomes immortal.

Man is free whenever he produces or manifests God, and through this he becomes immortal.

As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to...

As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to...

One can only become a philosopher, but not be one. As one believes he is...

One can only become a philosopher, but not be one. As one believes he is...

Women do not have as great a need for poetry because their own essence is...

Women do not have as great a need for poetry because their own essence is...

Set religion free, and a new humanity will begin.

Set religion free, and a new humanity will begin.

All the classical genres are now ridiculous in their rigorous purity.

All the classical genres are now ridiculous in their rigorous purity.

Eternal life and the invisible world are only to be sought in God. Only within...

Eternal life and the invisible world are only to be sought in God. Only within...

The genuine priest always feels something higher than compassion.

The genuine priest always feels something higher than compassion.