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

Quote by Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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A priest is he who lives solely in the realm of the invisible, for whom...

A priest is he who lives solely in the realm of the invisible, for whom...

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...

Form your life humanly, and you have done enough: but you will never reach the...

Form your life humanly, and you have done enough: but you will never reach the...

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...

Wit is an explosion of the compound spirit.

Wit is an explosion of the compound spirit.

All men are somewhat ridiculous and grotesque, just because they are men; and in this...

All men are somewhat ridiculous and grotesque, just because they are men; and in this...

Novels are the Socratic dialogues of our time. Practical wisdom fled from school wisdom into...

Novels are the Socratic dialogues of our time. Practical wisdom fled from school wisdom into...

Beauty is that which is simultaneously attractive and sublime.

Beauty is that which is simultaneously attractive and sublime.

In true prose everything must be underlined.

In true prose everything must be underlined.

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

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

Irony is the form of paradox. Paradox is what is good and great at the...

Irony is the form of paradox. Paradox is what is good and great at the...

A family can develop only with a loving woman as its center.

A family can develop only with a loving woman as its center.

Religion must completely encircle the spirit of ethical man like his element, and this luminous...

Religion must completely encircle the spirit of ethical man like his element, and this luminous...

Many works of the ancients have become fragments. Many works of the moderns are fragments...

Many works of the ancients have become fragments. Many works of the moderns are fragments...

Every uneducated person is a caricature of himself.

Every uneducated person is a caricature of himself.

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...

In the world of language, or in other words in the world of art and...

In the world of language, or in other words in the world of art and...

The essential point of view of Christianity is sin.

The essential point of view of Christianity is sin.

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.