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Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
German Poet
Born: Mar 10, 1772
Died: Jan 12, 1829
Ancient Art Become Man Philosophy Religion
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A family can develop only with a loving woman as its center. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Family Woman Only Develop Center Loving
He who does not become familiar with nature through love will never know her. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Love Nature Will Become Through Never He Know Does Familiar Who Her
Where there is politics or economics, there is no morality. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Politics Economics Morality Where
Many a witty inspiration is like the surprising reunion of befriended thoughts after a long separation. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Thoughts Long Separation Inspiration Like Reunion Witty Surprising After Many
Every uneducated person is a caricature of himself. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Every Caricature Himself Uneducated Person
Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Chaos Clear Abundant Irony Infinitely Eternal Agility Consciousness
A classical work doesn't ever have to be understood entirely. But those who are educated and who are still educating themselves must desire to learn more and more from it. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Work Those Must Classical Entirely More More And More Learn Understood Still Educated Educating Themselves Who Ever Desire
Mysteries are feminine; they like to veil themselves but still want to be seen and divined. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Seen Mysteries Veil Like Feminine Still Want Themselves
Whoever does not philosophize for the sake of philosophy, but rather uses philosophy as a means, is a sophist. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Philosophy Rather Does Sake Means Uses Whoever
Eternal life and the invisible world are only to be sought in God. Only within Him do all spirits dwell. He is an abyss of individuality, the only infinite plenitude. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Life God World Abyss Spirits Only He Individuality Invisible Him Sought Within Infinite Dwell Eternal Eternal Life
Art and works of art do not make an artist; sense and enthusiasm and instinct do. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Art Enthusiasm Sense Instinct Make Artist Works
Wit as an instrument of revenge is as infamous as art is as a means of sensual titillation. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Art Revenge Wit Instrument Infamous Sensual Means
Like Leibniz's possible worlds, most men are only equally entitled pretenders to existence. There are few existences. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Men Entitled Few Worlds Possible Pretenders Only Like Most Equally Existence Existences
Religion is absolutely unfathomable. Always and everywhere one can dig more deeply into infinities. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Religion Dig Everywhere More Absolutely Always Unfathomable Deeply
An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Work Art World Ought Complete Entirely Like Isolated Surrounding Itself Hedgehog Little Aphorism
A priest is he who lives solely in the realm of the invisible, for whom all that is visible has only the truth of an allegory. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Truth Solely Visible Allegory Only Priest He Invisible Realm Who Whom Lives
Novels are the Socratic dialogues of our time. Practical wisdom fled from school wisdom into this liberal form. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Wisdom Time School Liberal Our Our Time Practical Form Novels
There are writers in Germany who drink the Absolute like water; and there are books in which even the dogs make references to the Infinite. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Water Books Drink Absolute Writers Like Make Dogs References Germany Infinite Which Who Even
The poetry of this one is called philosophical, of that one philological, of a third rhetorical, and so on. Which is then the poetic poetry? Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Philosophical Poetic Poetry Rhetorical Which Then Third
Witty inspirations are the proverbs of the educated. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Inspirations Witty Educated Proverbs
Every complete man has his genius. True virtue is genius. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Man Genius Every Virtue Complete True His
Irony is the form of paradox. Paradox is what is good and great at the same time. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Time Good Great Paradox Irony Same Same Time Form
Plato's philosophy is a dignified preface to future religion. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Future Religion Dignified Philosophy Plato
One has only as much morality as one has philosophy and poetry. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Philosophy Morality Only Poetry Much
Think of something finite molded into the infinite, and you think of man. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
You Man Think Something Finite Infinite Molded
Versatility of education can be found in our best poetry, but the depth of mankind should be found in the philosopher. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Education Best Philosopher Our Poetry Versatility Mankind Depth Should Found
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