A critic is a reader who ruminates. Thus, he should have more than one stomach.

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.

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.

Like Leibniz's possible worlds, most men are only equally entitled pretenders to existence. There are...

Like Leibniz's possible worlds, most men are only equally entitled pretenders to existence. There are...

Reason is mechanical, wit chemical, and genius organic spirit.

Reason is mechanical, wit chemical, and genius organic spirit.

Virtue is reason which has become energy.

Virtue is reason which has become energy.

Set religion free, and a new humanity will begin.

Set religion free, and a new humanity will begin.

Religion is not only a part of education, an element of humanity, but the center...

Religion is not only a part of education, an element of humanity, but the center...

The poetry of this one is called philosophical, of that one philological, of a third...

The poetry of this one is called philosophical, of that one philological, of a third...

The historian is a prophet looking backward.

The historian is a prophet looking backward.

Morality without a sense of paradox is mean.

Morality without a sense of paradox is mean.

What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures.

What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures.

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...

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

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

Wit is the appearance, the external flash of imagination. Thus its divinity, and the witty...

Wit is the appearance, the external flash of imagination. Thus its divinity, and the witty...

Mathematics is, as it were, a sensuous logic, and relates to philosophy as do the...

Mathematics is, as it were, a sensuous logic, and relates to philosophy as do the...

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.

Form your life humanly, and you have done enough: but you will never reach the...

Form your life humanly, and you have done enough: but you will never reach the...

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

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

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...

From what the moderns want, we must learn what poetry should become; from what the...

From what the moderns want, we must learn what poetry should become; from what the...