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 SchlegelAbout author
- Author's profession: Poet
- Nationality: deutsch
- Born: March 10, 1772
- Died: January 12, 1829
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