One has only as much morality as one has philosophy and poetry. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel moralityphilosophypoetry Change image and share on social
Women are treated as unjustly in poetry as in life. The feminine ones are not idealistic, and the idealistic not feminine. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel feminineidealisticlife Change image and share on social
Publication is to thinking as childbirth is to the first kiss. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel childbirthkispublication Change image and share on social
All the classical genres are now ridiculous in their rigorous purity. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel classicalgenrepurity Change image and share on social
The main thing is to know something and to say it. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel mainthing Change image and share on social
Nothing is more witty and grotesque than ancient mythology and Christianity; that is because they are so mystical. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel ancientchristianitygrotesque Change image and share on social
Mysteries are feminine; they like to veil themselves but still want to be seen and divined. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel divinefemininemystery Change image and share on social
About no subject is there less philosophizing than about philosophy. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel philosophizephilosophysubject Change image and share on social
Aphorisms are the true form of the universal philosophy. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel aphorismformphilosophy Change image and share on social
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 agecommunityfellow share on social
