The historian is a prophet looking backward.

Quote by Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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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 peculiar to mankind to transcend mankind.

It is peculiar to mankind to transcend mankind.

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.

The German national character is a favorite subject of character experts, probably because the less...

The German national character is a favorite subject of character experts, probably because the less...

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...

Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos.

Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos.

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

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

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

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

One has only as much morality as one has philosophy and poetry.

One has only as much morality as one has philosophy and poetry.

Eternal life and the invisible world are only to be sought in God. Only within...

Eternal life and the invisible world are only to be sought in God. Only within...

What men are among the other formations of the earth, artists are among men.

What men are among the other formations of the earth, artists are among men.

No idea is isolated, but is only what it is among all ideas.

No idea is isolated, but is only what it is among all ideas.

The difference between religion and morality lies simply in the classical division of things into...

The difference between religion and morality lies simply in the classical division of things into...

Virtue is reason which has become energy.

Virtue is reason which has become energy.

A classical work doesn't ever have to be understood entirely. But those who are educated...

A classical work doesn't ever have to be understood entirely. But those who are educated...

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...

Publication is to thinking as childbirth is to the first kiss.

Publication is to thinking as childbirth is to the first kiss.

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...

Ideas are infinite, original, and lively divine thoughts.

Ideas are infinite, original, and lively divine thoughts.

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.