In true prose everything must be underlined.

Quote by Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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Every uneducated person is a caricature of himself.

Every uneducated person is a caricature of himself.

Duty is for Kant the One and All. Out of the duty of gratitude, he...

Duty is for Kant the One and All. Out of the duty of gratitude, he...

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...

Man is a creative retrospection of nature upon itself.

Man is a creative retrospection of nature upon itself.

Novels tend to end as the Paternoster begins: with the kingdom of God on earth.

Novels tend to end as the Paternoster begins: with the kingdom of God on earth.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

It is as deadly for a mind to have a system as to have none....

It is as deadly for a mind to have a system as to have none....

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...

Morality without a sense of paradox is mean.

Morality without a sense of paradox is mean.

Plato's philosophy is a dignified preface to future religion.

Plato's philosophy is a dignified preface to future religion.

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

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

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...

Art and works of art do not make an artist; sense and enthusiasm and instinct...

Art and works of art do not make an artist; sense and enthusiasm and instinct...

Think of something finite molded into the infinite, and you think of man.

Think of something finite molded into the infinite, and you think of man.

Wit is an explosion of the compound spirit.

Wit is an explosion of the compound spirit.

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...

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

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