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Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Quotes

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel quotes

Deutsch Poet March 10, 1772 – January 12, 1829

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Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel quote: "What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of..."
What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel quote: "Art and works of art do not make an artist; sense and..."
Art and works of art do not make an artist; sense and enthusiasm and instinct do. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Religion is not only a part of education, an element of humanity, but the center of everything else, always the first and the ultimate, the absolutely original. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
All men are somewhat ridiculous and grotesque, just because they are men; and in this respect artists might well be regarded as man multiplied by two. So it is, was, and shall be. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel quote: "Novels tend to end as the Paternoster begins: with the kingdom..."
Novels tend to end as the Paternoster begins: with the kingdom of God on earth. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel quote: "Man is free whenever he produces or manifests God, and through..."
Man is free whenever he produces or manifests God, and through this he becomes immortal. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel quote: "Wit as an instrument of revenge is as infamous as art is as a..."
Wit as an instrument of revenge is as infamous as art is as a means of sensual titillation. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
The German national character is a favorite subject of character experts, probably because the less mature a nation, the more she is an object of criticism and not of history. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
The difference between religion and morality lies simply in the classical division of things into the divine and the human, if one only interprets this correctly. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
There is no self-knowledge but an historical one. No one knows what he himself is who does not know his fellow men, especially the most prominent one of the community, the master's master, the genius of the age. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel quote: "From what the moderns want, we must learn what poetry should..."
From what the moderns want, we must learn what poetry should become; from what the ancients did, what poetry must be. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Religion must completely encircle the spirit of ethical man like his element, and this luminous chaos of divine thoughts and feelings is called enthusiasm. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel quote: "About no subject is there less philosophizing than about..."
About no subject is there less philosophizing than about philosophy. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel quote: "Whoever does not philosophize for the sake of philosophy, but..."
Whoever does not philosophize for the sake of philosophy, but rather uses philosophy as a means, is a sophist. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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