All men are somewhat ridiculous and grotesque, just because they are men; and in this respect artists might well be regarded as man multiplied by two. So it is, was, and shall be.

Quote by Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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

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

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

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

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

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

The genuine priest always feels something higher than compassion.

The genuine priest always feels something higher than compassion.

If you want to see mankind fully, look at a family. Within the family minds...

If you want to see mankind fully, look at a family. Within the family minds...

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...

Morality without a sense of paradox is mean.

Morality without a sense of paradox is mean.

Set religion free, and a new humanity will begin.

Set religion free, and a new humanity will begin.

There is no self-knowledge but an historical one. No one knows what he himself is...

There is no self-knowledge but an historical one. No one knows what he himself is...

Many a witty inspiration is like the surprising reunion of befriended thoughts after a long...

Many a witty inspiration is like the surprising reunion of befriended thoughts after a long...

The main thing is to know something and to say it.

The main thing is to know something and to say it.

Wit is an explosion of the compound spirit.

Wit is an explosion of the compound spirit.

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...

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;...

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...

Whoever does not philosophize for the sake of philosophy, but rather uses philosophy as a...

Whoever does not philosophize for the sake of philosophy, but rather uses philosophy as a...

The essential point of view of Christianity is sin.

The essential point of view of Christianity is sin.

It is peculiar to mankind to transcend mankind.

It is peculiar to mankind to transcend mankind.

Irony is the form of paradox. Paradox is what is good and great at the...

Irony is the form of paradox. Paradox is what is good and great at the...

A family can develop only with a loving woman as its center.

A family can develop only with a loving woman as its center.