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

Quote by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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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...

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...

Truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond.

Truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond.

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...

Once the state has been founded, there can no longer be any heroes. They come...

Once the state has been founded, there can no longer be any heroes. They come...

The state of man's mind, or the elementary phase of mind which he so far...

The state of man's mind, or the elementary phase of mind which he so far...

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...

Too fair to worship, too divine to love.

Too fair to worship, too divine to love.

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...

Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.

Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.

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...

When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not...

When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not...

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...

The history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of...

The history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of...

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...

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...

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.

All history is but a romance, unless it is studied as an example

All history is but a romance, unless it is studied as an example

History knows no resting place and no plateaus

History knows no resting place and no plateaus

History is no more than the portrayal of crimes and misfortunes

History is no more than the portrayal of crimes and misfortunes