We do not need to be shoemakers to know if our shoes fit, and just as little have we any need to be professionals to acquire knowledge of matters of universal interest.

Quote by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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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...

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.

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...

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...

The first glance at History convinces us that the actions of men proceed from their...

The first glance at History convinces us that the actions of men proceed from their...

Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.

Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Too fair to worship, too divine to love.

Too fair to worship, too divine to love.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion

Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion

There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when...

There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when...

Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits...

Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits...

Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last

Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last