I'm not ugly, but my beauty is a total creation.

Quote by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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Amid the pressure of great events, a general principle gives no help.

Amid the pressure of great events, a general principle gives no help.

Poverty in itself does not make men into a rabble; a rabble is created only...

Poverty in itself does not make men into a rabble; a rabble is created only...

Governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deducted from it.

Governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deducted from it.

(History) The progress of the consciousness of freedom

(History) The progress of the consciousness of freedom

Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts...

Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts...

The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in...

The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in...

Mark this well, you proud men of action! you are, after all, nothing but unconscious...

Mark this well, you proud men of action! you are, after all, nothing but unconscious...

World history is a court of judgment.

World history is a court of judgment.

What experience and history teaches us is that people and governments have never learned anything...

What experience and history teaches us is that people and governments have never learned anything...

Dialectics gives expression to a law which is felt in all grades of consciousness and...

Dialectics gives expression to a law which is felt in all grades of consciousness and...

Too fair to worship, too divine to love.

Too fair to worship, too divine to love.

Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion

Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion

An idea is always a generalization, and generalization is a property of thinking. To generalize...

An idea is always a generalization, and generalization is a property of thinking. To generalize...

The Few assume to be the deputies, but they are often only the despoilers of...

The Few assume to be the deputies, but they are often only the despoilers of...

Animals are in possession of themselves; their soul is in possession of their body. But...

Animals are in possession of themselves; their soul is in possession of their body. But...

Truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond.

Truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond.

To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a...

To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a...

It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than...

It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than...

Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.

Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.

We do not need to be shoemakers to know if our shoes fit, and just...

We do not need to be shoemakers to know if our shoes fit, and just...